à la mode
Americanadjective
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in or according to the fashion.
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Cooking.
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(of pie or other dessert) served with a portion of ice cream, often as a topping.
apple pie à la mode.
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(of beef ) larded and braised or stewed with vegetables, herbs, etc., and served with a rich brown gravy.
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adjective
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fashionable in style, design, etc
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(of meats) braised with vegetables in wine
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(of desserts) served with ice cream
Etymology
Origin of à la mode
First recorded in 1640–50; French, literally, “in the current fashion”
Example Sentences
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“He would say they had ‘class à la mode.’
From Washington Times • Apr. 28, 2020
The backdrop is a cubist cityscape; their hair is cropped in the manner of Parisian garçons; and their red lips and shaded eyes are thoroughly à la mode.
From The Guardian • Oct. 5, 2018
Don’t miss: The bleu cheese haystack -- a pile of shoestring fries covered in blue cheese and buffalo wing sauce -- and the apple-filled glazed doughnut served à la mode.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2015
Goodbye baked chicken breasts; hello pot roast with chestnut-braised green beans and pumpkin pie à la mode.
From Slate • Dec. 19, 2012
Everybody wears a beard à la mode du moyen âge—flâneurs, coachmen, marquises, artisans.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 by Various
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