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souf·flé
(so͞o-flā′)n.
A light, fluffy baked dish made with egg yolks and beaten egg whites combined with various other ingredients and served as a main dish or sweetened as a dessert.
[French, from past participle of souffler, to puff up, from Old French soffler, from Latin sufflāre : sub-, sub- + flāre, to blow; see bhlē- in Indo-European roots.]
souf·flé′ adj.
souf·fléed′ adj.
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souffle
(ˈsuːfəl)n
(Medicine) med a blowing sound or murmur heard in auscultation
[C19: from French, from souffler to blow]
soufflé
(ˈsuːfleɪ)n
1. (Cookery) a very light fluffy dish made with egg yolks and stiffly beaten egg whites combined with cheese, fish, etc
2. (Cookery) a similar sweet or savoury cold dish, set with gelatine
adj
(Cookery) made light and puffy, as by beating and cooking
[C19: from French, from souffler to blow, from Latin sufflāre]
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souf•flé
(suˈfleɪ, ˈsu fleɪ)n.
1. a light, puffed-up baked dish, made fluffy by adding beaten egg whites to a thick sauce combined with other ingredients, as cheese or puréed vegetables.
adj. 2. Also souf•fléed′. puffed up; made light, as by beating and cooking.
[1805–15; < French, n. use of past participle of souffler to blow, puff < Latin sufflāre]
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Noun | 1. | souffle - light fluffy dish of egg yolks and stiffly beaten egg whites mixed with e.g. cheese or fish or fruit dish - a particular item of prepared food; "she prepared a special dish for dinner" cheese souffle - puffy dish of cheese and eggs (whites beaten separately) and white sauce |
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مَنْفوش
suflé
soufflé
szuflé
suflé
sufle
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soufflé
(ˈsuːflei) , ((American) su:ˈflei) noun a kind of frothy cooked dish, made with whisked whites of egg. I made a cheese soufflé.
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