noisette

American  

[nwah-zet, nwa-zet] / nwɑˈzɛt, nwaˈzɛt /

noun

plural

noisettes

1. a loin, fillet, or other lean section of meat.

   an entrée of lamb noisettes.

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noisette British  

/ nwɑːˈzɛt /

adjective

1. flavoured or made with hazelnuts

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noun

1. a small round boneless slice of lamb from the fillet or leg

2. a chocolate made with hazelnuts

Etymology

Origin of noisette

1890–95; < French: a round, rather thick slice of fillet or loin of lamb or mutton, diminutive of noix choice part of a cut of meat, literally, nut, kernel < Latin nucem, accusative of nux; see -ette

Example Sentences

In culinary school, I learned that the French term for browned butter is "buerre noisette," which translates to "butter hazelnut."

From Salon • Nov. 29, 2022

Virtually weightless might also describe the six slim strips of lamb in the rosemary lamb noisette, which at $44 amounted to a skimpy portion.

From New York Times • Jul. 18, 2014

A noisette on my garden path An ever-swaying shadow throws; But if I pluck it strolling by, I pluck the shadow with the rose.

From The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3 Sorrow and Consolation by Carman, Bliss

Les boules et rognons de silex y font depuis moins de la grandeur d'une petite noisette, jusqu'au diam�tre de plus de six pouces de n�tre mesure.

From Theory of the Earth, Volume 1 (of 4) by Hutton, James

C'est une assemblage de fragmens, presque touts angulaires, de toutes sortes de roches primitives feuillet�es, quartzeuses, micac�es; les plus gros de ces fragmens n'atteignent pas le volume, d'une noisette.

From Theory of the Earth, Volume 1 (of 4) by Hutton, James