chou
noun
a cabbage-shaped decoration, as a rosette or knot on a woman's dress, hat, etc.
chou
1 American
[shoo]
/ ʃu /
noun
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choux
plural
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a cabbage-shaped decoration, as a rosette or knot on a woman's dress, hat, etc.
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delicious little choux topped with sugar crystals or streusel.
Chou
2
American
[joh]
/ dʒoʊ /
Chinese
Chow
noun
chou
1
British
/ ʃuː /
noun
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a type of cabbage
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a rosette
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a round cream bun
Chou
2
British
/ tʃəʊ /
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of chou
First recorded in 1700–10; from French: literally, “cabbage,” from Latin caulis “stem”; see origin at cole
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Eater New York investigated the accusation, which centered on scallop chou farci, a dish served at the now-closed Tribeca restaurant, Mena, where Blamey managed Garcia.
From Salon ● May 12, 2024
Largely, that’s been how the response to the scallop chou farci debacle on “Top Chef” has been divided, too.
From Salon ● May 12, 2024
Danny’s winning dish, scallop chou farci-stuffed boiled cabbage with yuzu kosho foam, elicited some of the highest praise I’ve heard from Tom Collichio in 21 seasons of “Top Chef.”
From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2024
But there are also dishes that seem to have nothing to do with Chile — for instance, a chou farci.
From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2022
How much prettier than the "let chou" which so commonly assails the ear!
From A Modern Wizard by Rodrigues Ottolengui
“I’ve transitioned from the guy who walks around the lake to someone who runs around the lake,” Chou, 53, says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026
Chou also said that, at times, DeGette isn’t as visible as other Denver-area representatives.
From Salon ● Dec. 15, 2025
Of those 13, nine were declared dead at the scene, Chou Wing-yin of the Fire Services Department said.
From BBC ● Nov. 26, 2025
“What Takaichi has done is say the quiet part out loud,” said William Chou, deputy director of the Japan Chair at the Hudson Institute, a conservative-leaning Washington, D.C., think tank.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
Despite our curiosity, Chou and I never ask Meng about her.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
The star of maque choux, one of the classic dishes of Louisiana’s Cajun country, is fresh summer corn.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 15, 2023
The judges accepted the explanation and told Lynch his fluffy, golden choux pastry buns were “really delicious.”
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 7, 2022
The staple ingredient in this éclair cake, and indeed all éclairs, is pâte à choux, an eggy dough that you cook on the stove before finishing in a stand mixer.
From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2022
He also produced mango and passion fruit panna cottas, orange and fig heart-shaped muffins, and asparagus and pea-filled choux pastries shaped like a caterpillar.
From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2021
They said he was the padeshah of pate a choux, the ruler supreme of rosewater and cream.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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