Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various chilled desserts made with flavored whipped cream, gelatin, and eggs.
- noun A molded dish containing meat, fish, or shellfish combined with whipped cream and gelatin.
- noun An aerosol foam used to control and style the hair.
- transitive verb To apply a styling foam to (the hair).
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In cookery, a whipped cream, sweetened and variously flavored, with or without eggs, and frozen without stirring.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Cookery) A frozen dessert of a frothy texture, made of sweetened and flavored whipped cream, sometimes with the addition of egg yolks and gelatin. Mousse differs from ice cream in being beaten before -- not during -- the freezing process.
- noun Any of a variety of foods whipped to a light texture.
- noun A foam containing special chemicals, used for styling hair.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An airy
pudding served chilled, particularly chocolate mousse. - noun A
savory dish, of meat or seafood, containinggelatin . - noun A styling cream used for hair.
- verb To apply mousse (styling cream).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a rich, frothy, creamy dessert made with whipped egg whites and heavy cream
- noun toiletry consisting of an aerosol foam used in hair styling
- verb apply a styling gel to
- noun a light creamy dish made from fish or meat and set with gelatin
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Repeat layers of crushed cookies and pumpkin mousse as many times as you wish.
One For The Table: Put the Pumpkin in a Parfait One For The Table 2010
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I like to layer the creamy pumpkin mousse with crushed cookie crumbs.
One For The Table: Put the Pumpkin in a Parfait One For The Table 2010
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Chocolate mousse is a great way to end a meal, but it can feel a bit heavy because it is so rich, even though the mousse itself might be fluffy in texture.
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Chocolate mousse is a great way to end a meal, but it can feel a bit heavy because it is so rich, even though the mousse itself might be fluffy in texture.
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Chocolate mousse is a rich chocolate dessert that is made with lots of chocolate and lightened with either egg whites, whipped cream or a combination of the two.
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Fold until mousse is uniform in color and texture.
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Chocolate mousse is a great way to end a meal, but it can feel a bit heavy because it is so rich, even though the mousse itself might be fluffy in texture.
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I like to layer the creamy pumpkin mousse with crushed cookie crumbs.
One For The Table: Put the Pumpkin in a Parfait One For The Table 2010
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Yours looks soo good!! pity Sep 5 chocolate mousse is the perfect ending to a light meal, and your recipe looks amazing, good job! cheers from london, pity nina Sep 5
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Chocolate mousse is one of those desserts that seems more intimidating than it actually is.
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