bouchon

American  

[boo-shon, boo-shawn] / buˈʃɒn, buˈʃɔ̃ /

noun

Furniture.

bouchons plural

1. a supplementary, baize-covered top set in the center of a bouillotte table.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• bouchons
  plural

Etymology

Origin of bouchon

1880–85; < French: stopper, derivative of Old French bouche sheaf

Example Sentences

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bouchon bouchons

The married couple at Off Alley in Seattle cram a dozen customers into a tiny room with the raucous feel of a Lyonnaise bouchon.

From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2022

Word on the street is that Cafe du Soleil serves up the best quenelle — the must-have bouchon dish — in Lyon, and I’d believe it.

From Washington Post ● May 20, 2022

My first bouchon experience was elevated by my company.

From New York Times ● Oct. 8, 2019

The beating heart of the food scene is the bouchon.

From New York Times ● Oct. 8, 2019

Here and there were groups of "patriots" seated on the curbstones, playing pitch-farthing, known in France by the name of "bouchon."

From France in the Nineteenth Century by Latimer, Elizabeth

A fearless foodie’s foray into the bouchons of Lyon.

From Washington Post ● May 20, 2022

Cobblestones poked into sneakers and flip flops, wending their way through the neighborhood’s numerous bouchons.

From Washington Post ● May 20, 2022

The name evokes the Lyonnaise cooking of Mr. Boulud’s youth, in his mother’s kitchen, and in the restaurants and bistros like the bouchons Lyonnais of that food-centric city.

From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2022

The chef made his name in greater Lyon, an area once known for its “meres,” or mothers, who were widely respected in the early 20th century for their homestyle bistros or bouchons.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 20, 2018

France’s most celebrated chef, the octogenarian Paul Bocuse, hails from Lyon, and the city’s bouchons — homey restaurants serving rustic, traditional cuisine — are famous countrywide.

From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2012