roulade

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In every school of singing the roulade is effected by means of the staccato and legato_.

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  1. noun Music An embellishment consisting of a rapid run of several notes sung to one syllable.
  2. noun A slice of meat rolled around a filling and cooked.

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  • Desserts offerings include Warm chocolate cake, coconut sorbet in caramel sauce, Passover roulade with strawberries, whipped cream, sabra liquor, and Haroset ice cream in a meringue shell with honey caramel sauce. —  Examiner California Headlines
  • - Salmon roulade, with smoked salmon, prawns, cucumber, mascarpone and dill served with ciabatta bread —  Evening Standard - Home
  • Ariane, was put in charge due to her lamb success before, but she's never worked with baby lamb, and never done the roulade rolled dish they've picked. —  BuddyTV
  • The nearly 100 members were treated to an open bar, duck roulade appetizers and red velvet cupcakes for dessert. —  TNT Diner
  • A sea bass dish was "cooked perfectly," and Ramsay went so far as to call a veal roulade "delicious," although the word came out of him about as easily as a kidney stone. —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
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  1. French, from rouler, to roll, from Old French roler; see roll.

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  1. from French roulade, from rouler, roll, trill: see roll.
  2. roulade, n.
 

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/ruˈlɑd/
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