mousse
Collocations
5ADJ.
best, finished, luscious, most, yummy
VERB + MOUSSE
back, gives, ham, inhibits, made, make
MOUSSE + NOUN
cowlick, formation, guests, smoothness
PREP.
with, with
ADV.
generally
Definitions
noun
An airy pudding served chilled, particularly chocolate mousse.
A savory dish, of meat or seafood, containing gelatin.
ham mousse
A styling cream used for hair.
He slicked his hair back with mousse, but the cowlick still stuck up.
A stable emulsion of water and oil that is created by wave action churning the water where an oil spill occurs.
Pretreatment of oil or sea water with dispersants or demulsifiers generally inhibits laboratory mousse formation with most of the oils and petroleum products tested (Berridge et al. , 1968b; Bridie et al. , 1980a,b).
A number of investigators have shown that the starting composition of a parent oil can have a major influence on its predisposittion to form stable water-in-oil emulsions (mousse). For example, the presence of natural surfactants in the wax, resin, and asphaltene fractions of oils has been positively correlated with the tendency to form mousse.
verb
To apply mousse (styling cream).
He moussed his hair in the morning and then washed it out at night.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
verb — apply a styling gel to
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6ham mousse
WiktionaryHe slicked his hair back with mousse, but the cowlick still stuck up.
WiktionaryPretreatment of oil or sea water with dispersants or demulsifiers generally inhibits laboratory mousse formation with most of the oils and petroleum products tested (Berridge et al. , 1968b; Bridie et
WiktionaryHe moussed his hair in the morning and then washed it out at night.
WiktionaryThis is the best chocolate mousse that my guests and myself have ever eaten.
Tatoeba · #519775It was the best chocolate mousse my guests and me had eaten in a long time.
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