noisette

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My mother's from Paris, so it's kind of ironic because when they gave him the word noisette, we heard later that the ESPN guy said, "Oh, his mother speaks French, he should know this."

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  1. noun A small round piece of meat, especially loin or fillet of lamb, veal, or pork.
  2. adjective Made or flavored with hazelnuts.

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  • "An espresso must have a light, finely textured, noisette-coloured foam, and its colour must be uniform," the institute's president Gianluigi Sora told AFP. —  News24
  • It's no wonder the French sometimes call it beurre noisette, or hazelnut butter, because of its rich, nutty flavor and golden-brown tone. —  Not Eating Out in New York
  • My mother's from Paris, so it's kind of ironic because when they gave him the word noisette, we heard later that the ESPN guy said, "Oh, his mother speaks French, he should know this." —  Visual Thesaurus : Online Edition
  • We will only remind our readers of the great variety of comestibles and confections which are covered in chocolate--pistachio nut, roasted almonds, pralines, biscuits, walnuts, nougat, montelimar, fruits, fruit cremes, jellies, Turkish delight, marshmallows, caramels, pine-apple, noisette, and other delicacies Illustration: A CONFECTIONERY ROOM AT MESSRS. CADBURY'S WORKS AT BOURNVILLE. —  Cocoa and Chocolate Their History from Plantation to Consumer
  • Les boules et rognons de silex y font depuis moins de la grandeur d'une petite noisette, jusqu'au diamètre de plus de six pouces de nôtre mesure. —  Theory of the Earth, Volume 1 (of 4)
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  1. French, from Old French, diminutive of nois, nut, from Latin nux.

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  1. French, from Noisette, a proper name, from noisette, diminutive of noix, a nut, from Latin nux, a nut: see nucleus.
 

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