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parfait
UK /ˈpɑːfeɪ/ US /ˈpɑɹfeɪ/
noun 3name 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
giant, vanilla
VERB + PARFAIT
ordered
PARFAIT + NOUN
ed, ice, pur
PREP.
from, with
Definitions
noun
1
A French parfait (parfait glacé), an iced dessert made with egg yolks, sugar, cream, and flavouring (usually fruit), sometimes with the addition of a liqueur.
Brad hesitated, peering at the grid of spun sugar that jutted from his loganberry parfait.
2
An American parfait, a layered dessert often consisting of fruit, ice cream, pastries, whipped topping, etc. and served in a glass, often a parfait glass.
It was a parfait of puréed avocados, whipped cream, sugar and vanilla, which had been molded into a rectangle atop a peanut-butter crust and then bedecked with tiny wild strawberries. […] We were utterly transfixed, and we were quickly out of parfait.
3
A smooth pâté, usually made from liver and flavoured with liqueurs.
name
1
A surname from French [in turn transferred from the nickname].
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Brad hesitated, peering at the grid of spun sugar that jutted from his loganberry parfait.
Wiktionary02
It was a parfait of puréed avocados, whipped cream, sugar and vanilla, which had been molded into a rectangle atop a peanut-butter crust and then bedecked with tiny wild strawberries. […] We were utte
Wiktionary03
For dessert, Tom ordered chocolate parfait with vanilla ice cream.
Tatoeba · #143014404
"This one is a giant beetle parfait." "Hey. I don't remember asking for this."
Tatoeba · #7766864Usage Notes
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