Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Glass.

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Examples

  • Max had made his first verrine (hmmm, I wonder: does verrine come from "verre" + "vitrine"? ... for the idea behind a verrine is to see through the glass (verre) "window" (vitrine) to the colorful layers beyond); this time, Max had composed his verrine with layers of chopped surimi, whipped guacamole, la crême fraîche ... topping off his entrée with salmon mousse and decorative dill!

    mousse - French Word-A-Day 2010

  • Max had made his first verrine (hmmm, I wonder: does verrine come from "verre" + "vitrine"? ... for the idea behind a verrine is to see through the glass (verre) "window" (vitrine) to the colorful layers beyond); this time, Max had composed his verrine with layers of chopped surimi, whipped guacamole, la crême fraîche ... topping off his entrée with salmon mousse and decorative dill!

    French Word-A-Day: 2010

  • Max had made his first verrine hmmm, I wonder: does verrine come from "verre" + "vitrine"?

    French Word-A-Day: 2010

  • Max had made his first verrine hmmm, I wonder: does verrine come from "verre" + "vitrine"?

    mousse - French Word-A-Day 2010

  • Friday, February 26, 2010 at 07:56 PM ...come from "verre" + "vitrine"?

    mousse - French Word-A-Day 2010

  • Souvent, le jeu de pétanque est accompagné d'un verre de rosé.

    Petanque - French Word-A-Day 2009

  • Français · Kenya: Des lions en fibre de verre enthousiasment Nairobi

    Global Voices in English » Kenya: Fibreglass Lions to go ‘Wild’ in Nairobi 2009

  • Je suis écrivain = I am a writer le cerveau = brain la verrine = a layered entree or dessert served in a see-through glass la crème anglaise = English cream, a custard sauce with vanilla or rhum le saumon fumé = smoked salmon le verre = glass le surimi = imitation crab la crème fraîche = sour cream une île flottante = floating island

    French Word-A-Day: 2010

  • Yes, I would agree that verrine is a combo of the words terrine (a layered dish) and verre.

    mousse - French Word-A-Day 2010

  • Je suis écrivain = I am a writer le cerveau = brain la verrine = a layered entree or dessert served in a see-through glass la crème anglaise = English cream, a custard sauce with vanilla or rhum le saumon fumé = smoked salmon le verre = glass le surimi = imitation crab la crème fraîche = sour cream une île flottante = floating island

    mousse - French Word-A-Day 2010

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