Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A flavored and sweetened milk pudding thickened with cornstarch.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In cookery, a name of different preparations of the consistency of jelly, variously composed of dissolved isinglass, arrowroot, corn-starch, etc., with milk and flavoring substances.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Cookery) A preparation for desserts, etc., made from isinglass, sea moss, cornstarch, or other gelatinous or starchy substance, with mild, usually sweetened and flavored, and shaped in a mold.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A simple
dessert made by cooking sweetenedmilk withcornstarch andvanilla
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun sweet almond-flavored milk pudding thickened with gelatin or cornstarch; usually molded
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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To serve, dip the jelly mould into a bowl of hot water to loosen the blancmange from the mould, then quickly turn it out into the centre of a serving plate.
Archive 2009-03-01 Mrs Frog 2009
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To serve, dip the jelly mould into a bowl of hot water to loosen the blancmange from the mould, then quickly turn it out into the centre of a serving plate.
Blancmange with Raspberry Sauce Mrs Frog 2009
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I became hooked on freshly-pressed passion-fruit purée and probably drank several glasses a day, and also on the gorgeous pudim de maracuja, something like passion-fruit blancmange only delicious in a way that the term 'blancmange' would seem to render pretty unlikely, which my favourite rather scruffy neighbourhood restaurant, the "Tangerina", served.
Odd echoes and reminders, and dream-casts, and day-dreams... Imogen 2009
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I became hooked on freshly-pressed passion-fruit purée and probably drank several glasses a day, and also on the gorgeous pudim de maracuja, something like passion-fruit blancmange only delicious in a way that the term 'blancmange' would seem to render pretty unlikely, which my favourite rather scruffy neighbourhood restaurant, the "Tangerina", served.
Archive 2009-06-01 Imogen 2009
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But isn't that "blancmange" if I'm remembering my Monty Python correctly?
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First person I’ve ever seen who’s writing style is best described as blancmange fFreddy
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Third: Be classy and smart, or at least sound classy and smart - brush up on the history of some rare wines, find out about good music (doesn't include death metal), and learn how to pronounce 'blancmange'.
EzineArticles 2010
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Then she nailed "blancmange", a moulded dessert, and "baignoire", a low theatre box.
SiliconIndia.com 2009
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Remember the fuss everybody made about Jason Reitman's blancmange dish Up in the Air last year?
Paramount has the last laugh with Jackass 3D Jeremy Kay 2010
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The financial correspondent of the Telegraph referred to it as “hitting the market with all the impact of a feather coming to rest on a blancmange”, an insult which has rankled ever since.
slumry commented on the word blancmange
Cornstarch pudding just does not have the same ring.
June 18, 2007
librarymistress commented on the word blancmange
slumry, I agree. I've first encountered that word when watching a Monty Python sketch featuring a blancmange playing tennis. See e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blancmange_(Monty_Python)
October 19, 2007
qroqqa commented on the word blancmange
On cue, the largest pair of mammaries in the northern hemisphere glided into view. It was like a photo-finish in a blancmange bake-off.
—Kathy Lette, 2001, Nip 'n' Tuck
August 13, 2008