bouchée
[ boo-shey ]
noun
a small patty shell of puff pastry, used especially for hot hors d'oeuvres.
Origin of bouchée
11840–50; <French: literally, a mouthful, equivalent to bouche mouth (<Latin bucca) + -ée<Latin -āta-ate1
Words Nearby bouchée
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How to use bouchée in a sentence
The guides called it bouchee, "corked," and leaped out gayly into the water with their axes to "uncork" it.
Little Rivers | Henry van Dyke
British Dictionary definitions for bouchée
bouchée
/ (buːˈʃeɪ) /
noun
a small pastry case filled with a savoury mixture, served hot with cocktails or as an hors d'oeuvre
Origin of bouchée
1C19: from French: mouthful
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