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bouchée

[ boo-shey ]
/ buˈʃeɪ /
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noun
a small patty shell of puff pastry, used especially for hot hors d'oeuvres.
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Origin of bouchée

1840–50; <French: literally, a mouthful, equivalent to bouche mouth (<Latin bucca) + -ée<Latin -āta-ate1
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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

Word Origin for bouchée

C19: from French: mouthful
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