Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A light soft thin fabric of silk, cotton, wool, or another fiber, with a crinkled surface. Also called crape.
- n. See crape.
- n. Crepe paper.
- n. Crepe rubber.
- n. A very thin small pancake, often stuffed and rolled up.
Wiktionary
Etymologies
- From French crêpe, from Latin crispus. (Wiktionary)
- French crêpe, from Old French crespe, curly, from Latin crispus; see sker-2 in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The crepe is unbelievably light and tasty and looks so pretty too.”
“Mushroom and Cheese crepe from the cart on 50th btw. 6+7th (which is run by the same people who operate the crepe cart on 53rd btw. 5+6th, in front of Moma).”
“Every crepe is made to order, right in front of you, by Madeleine herself.”
“As the pizza-sized crepe is folded, a dollop of butter is added to each side that touches the griddle.”
“For a change of pace, a jambon et fromage crepe is a good choice.”
“The dry quality of that church steeple, the dried flowers, … and the sea anchor wrapped in black crepe from the seamen’s funerals … totally New England.”
“You can eat it flat or roll it up like a crepe, which is how they eat it in Turkey.”
The Huffington Post: Stephanie J. Stiavetti: Artisan Pizza and Flatbread in Five Minutes a Day
“#33 – The last time I checked, a crepe was a tasty pastry.”
“Any of you who had surgical experience in the last war will recall the crepe paper bandages which just wouldn't stay put under any circumstances.”
“I came here for dinner last night and ordered takeout - I had the La Bergere crepe, which is a buckwheat flour crepe filled with goat cheese, fig, honey, rosemary, and caramelized onions.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘crepe’.
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*e?e
Words whose last and third-to-last letters are both "e".
here, eke, were, complete, mete, replete, adhere, where, mere, sphere, austere, aesthete and 99 more...
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
abaca, abdominal, abrasive, absorbent, absorber, accelerator, accessory, account book, accumulator, acebutolol, acetaldehyde, acetamide and 4515 more...
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phrontistery - c
from phrontistery.info
czardas, cytometer, cytology, cytheromania, cystoscope, cystolith, cyrenaic, cypseline, cyprinoid, cyphonism, cynophobia, cytogenesis and 1298 more...
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Let Them Eat Cake...
Tasty confectionery trinkets for the listless masses.
petit four, bon bon, scone, crumpet, meringue, cupcake, beignet, tart, tiramisu, ladyfingers, fritter, crepe and 44 more...
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colleen's words
yellow, green, pie, blue, fur, people, incense, book, brown, avuncular, mountain, fog and 1316 more...
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Words Covered in Faery Dust (C)
words that evoke magic, mystery, mayhem, magnificence or anything else that glimmers in the grass
cacophony, cad, cajole, calamity, camomile, camphor, candlemas, candy apple, canopy, canticle, caparison, caravan and 304 more...
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the road
glaucoma, tarpaulin, flowstone, flue, rimstone, alabaster, gully, shoring, grike, riprap, windfall, transom and 120 more...
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The Lies of Locke Lamora
Words and phrases from Scott Lynch's book, The Lies of Locke Lamora
constable, windfall, sternum, commensurate, disinter, grotty, thresher shark, savvy, miser, reticent, magnanimous, trowel and 301 more...
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Fabrics
Woven, knit and tatted fabrics. Other kinds of cloth, such as tapa and chamois are not included.
shikii, shantung, cotton, linen, tweed, wool, velour, velvet, velveteen, gabardine, chenille, silk and 550 more...
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yardage
types of fabric
cotton, wool, silk, linen, rayon, nylon, spandex, lycra, lurex, goretex, challis, brocade and 77 more...
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Arranged Words
cosmetic, cosmos, ranch, range, rank, rink, rucksack, crissum, circinate, circadian, circus, cirque and 51 more...
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ashur's Words
wicker, proffer, tawny, india ink, burlap, crinoline, conflagrate, brackish, oleaginous, ibex, wharf, carousel and 22 more...
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Fabrications
cotton, wool, silk, polyester, microfiber, corduroy, flannel, gabardine, quilt, linen, tapestry, nylon and 65 more...
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Man Cannot Live on Bread Alone
Types of bread products
pumpernickel, sourdough, rye, oatmeal, cornbread, multigrain, challah, naan, pita, tortilla, croissant, anadama and 67 more...
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foodie
hush puppy, étouffée, cock-a-leekie, crumpet, gado gado, gumbo, haggis, hominy, hoppin' john, jambalaya, schchi, vichyssoise and 31 more...
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Words That Remind Me Of Kimberley
See...list name?
cupcake, random, dessert, gibberish, spaz, logophilia, bibliophile, art, jewish, spam, kimberlite, michigan and 30 more...
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