Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An edible mushroom (Cantharellus cibarius) that is yellow to orange in color, trumpet-shaped, and sometimes fragrant.
- noun Any of various similar mushrooms of the genera Cantharellus, Polyozellus, and Gomphus, several of which are inedible or poisonous.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The shortest or highest string of a musical instrument of the violin or the lute class; the string on which the melody or chant is usually played; especially, the E-string of the violin.
- noun An edible mushroom, Cantharellus cibarius, resembling Agaricus. It is of a bright-orange color and has a fragrant fruity smell. Also
chantarelle and chantarella. - noun In the hurdy-gurdy, one of the two strings which may be stopped by keys and on which melodies are played. Their proper tone is usually the G above middle C.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A name for several species of mushroom, of which one (
Cantharellus cibrius ) is edible, the others reputed poisonous.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A widely distributed
edible mushroom , Cantharellus cibarius, beingyellow andtrumpet -shaped ; or any similar mushroom of thegenera Cantharellus, Polyozellus or Gomphus, not all of which are edible.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun widely distributed edible mushroom rich yellow in color with a smooth cap and a pleasant apricot aroma
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Besides its nod to general abundance, the title refers to chanterelle mushrooms nicknamed "Horn of Plenty", which were plentiful at the time.
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The very good fried mussels, for example, arrived atop a so-called chanterelle, bacon, and saffron chowder, really a stew.
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I enjoyed both the instrument and the folk / improvisatory style of playing the mandolin, a bit as if it were a laouto, with the melody on the kantini (what French lutenists call chanterelle) and droning, mostly tonic / dominant lower strings.
Mandolin Cafe News 2009
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I enjoyed both the instrument and the folk / improvisatory style of playing the mandolin, a bit as if it were a laouto, with the melody on the kantini (what French lutenists call chanterelle) and droning, mostly tonic / dominant lower strings.
Mandolin Cafe News 2009
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I enjoyed both the instrument and the folk / improvisatory style of playing the mandolin, a bit as if it were a laouto, with the melody on the kantini (what French lutenists call chanterelle) and droning, mostly tonic / dominant lower strings.
Mandolin Cafe News 2009
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I enjoyed both the instrument and the folk / improvisatory style of playing the mandolin, a bit as if it were a laouto, with the melody on the kantini (what French lutenists call chanterelle) and droning, mostly tonic / dominant lower strings.
Mandolin Cafe News 2009
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I enjoyed both the instrument and the folk / improvisatory style of playing the mandolin, a bit as if it were a laouto, with the melody on the kantini (what French lutenists call chanterelle) and droning, mostly tonic / dominant lower strings.
Mandolin Cafe News 2009
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The vibrating length of the strings from bridge to nut is 24 in. for all except the highest in pitch, known as the "chanterelle,"
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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Something that implies that the top-string, or 'chanterelle', was, because of its vulnerability, single strung.
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Relaxed, bathrobed guests enjoyed ice vodka sculptures and traditional Russian chanterelle soups and pilmeny short ribs, served by strategically cast female models.
chained_bear commented on the word chanterelle
Alt. spelling chantarelle (according to WordNet).
October 31, 2008