mille-feuille in American English
(milˈføj(ə))
French
nounWord forms: plural French ˈmille-feuilles (milˈføjə)
a small pastry consisting of many thin layers of puff pastry, filled with custard, whipped cream, fruit, purée, etc.
Word origin
Fr < mille, thousand + feuille, a leafExamples of 'mille-feuille' in a sentencemille-feuille
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- somehow or other
- some little
- some milk/books
- some more
- some of it/them
- some of the play was good
- someone
- someone blows hot and cold
- someone-blows-hot-and-cold
- someone can count something on the fingers of one hand
- someone can do something standing on their head
- someone can do something until they are blue in the face
- someone can do something with one hand tied behind their back
- someone cannot cut it
- someone cannot look someone in the face
- someone cannot make head or tail of something
- someone cannot see the wood for the trees
- someone can talk under water
- someone can't do something for toffee
- someone can't do something to save their life
- someone-can't-do-something-to-save-their-life
- someone can't fight their way out of a paper bag
- someone can't hold a candle to someone
- someone can't stand the pace
- someone-can-whistle-for-something