floating island
a dessert consisting of boiled custard with portions of meringue, whipped cream, or whipped egg whites and sometimes jelly floating upon it or around it.
a floating mass of earth and partly decayed vegetation held together by interlacing roots, as on a lake: usually formed by the accumulation of plant litter; sometimes artificially built on wooden platforms, as in Asia.
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How to use floating island in a sentence
Desserts — chocolate mousse, floating island, profiteroles — run to the classic.
This year, to meet the increasing demand for novelty, he debuted a floating island that looks a sushi roll, complete with a set of inflatable chopsticks that serve as pool noodles.
Food-shaped pool floats are getting ridiculous, with waffles, sushi and Crunchwraps | Emily Heil | July 8, 2021 | Washington PostAs I was wrapping up my last meal, which concluded with a soft cloud of meringue above a pool of custard sauce — ask for floating island — Jean-Baptiste appeared at the door.
Tom Sietsema’s 8 favorite places to eat right now | Tom Sietsema | January 26, 2021 | Washington PostThe little floating island is now attached to the world from which it was once quite free.
The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar | Maurice LeblancAnd I shall prepare the so delicious dessert of the floating island, what you call in America.
The Happy Family | Bertha Muzzy Bower
Supper was over—supper, with its cold meats and shining jellies, its "floating island" and its fig cake.
Painted Windows | Elia W. PeattieHis nest is a raft buoyed upon a clump of decaying vegetation, and looks like a floating island moored to a reed.
Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road | Katharine Lee BatesWith his six sons and his six daughters Æolus lives on a floating island that has all around it a wall of bronze.
The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy | Padriac Colum
British Dictionary definitions for floating island
a floating mass of soil held together by vegetation
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