tuile

American  

[tweel] / twil /

noun

1. a very thin, crisp, delicate cookie typically made with egg whites and often almonds, and sometimes formed into a cylinder or curved tile-like shape.

2. any crisp, thin wafer accompanying a dish or a meal, such as one made from cheese.

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Etymology

Origin of tuile

First recorded in 1940–45; from French: literlly, “tile,” from Latin tēgula; see tegula ( def. )

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Example Sentences

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tuile

Most equate frico with a tuile made from Parmesan or Parmigiano Reggiano cheese, but I am just as enamored of gruyere frico.

From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2025

The most interactive finale is the baked-to-order strawberry-peach cobbler, served beneath a big round cover of what looks like fruit leather but is in fact a tuile.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 23, 2021

I made tofu vichyssoise with spinach pesto, Rainier cherry gastrique and a cornflake tuile.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 10, 2020

At the teatime show – dress code “naturally elegant” – tables were laden with silver platters of Proustian madeleines, florentines and tuile cigarettes, along with Perrier Jouët and the Ritz’s own blend of Earl Grey.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 6, 2016

Ella wanted to taste its sugar tuile basket and cotton candy belly.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

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