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Souffle, Soufflee adj.

(Ceramics) Decorated with very small drops or sprinkles of color, as if blown from a bellows.

(Cookery) Filled with air by beating, and baked; as, an omelette soufflé.

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Etymology of 'Souffle'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Souffle" Quotes from Famous Books

... cream and add yolks of 2 eggs, one at a time, beating well in, also barely 1 oz. grated cheese and seasoning to taste. Mix well. Beat whites of 3 eggs quite stiff and mix in very lightly. Butter souffle tin and tie band of buttered paper round, to come 2 inches above the rim. Fill in mixture—not more than three-fourths full, and steam very gently in barely an inch of water for 1 hour. Turn out on very hot dish and serve immediately, or slip off paper band ...

— Reform Cookery Book (4th edition) - Up-To-Date Health Cookery for the Twentieth Century. • Mrs. Mill

... again," she said, laughingly defiant, and he had to stoop to avoid the assault of her ripe and laughing lips. The little struggle had brought a flame to her eye that grew large and lambent; where her lower neck showed in a chink of her kerchief-souffle it throbbed and glowed. The General found himself wondering if this was, indeed, his: child, the child he had but the other day held in the crook of his arm and ...

— Gilian The Dreamer - His Fancy, His Love and Adventure • Neil Munro

Words linked to "Souffle" : souffle-like