vol-au-vent

[ vaw-loh-vahn ]

/ vɔ loʊˈvɑ̃ /

noun Cooking.

a large shell of light, flaky pastry for filling with vegetable, fish, or meat mixtures, usually with a sauce.

Origin of vol-au-vent

1820–30; <French: literally, flight on the wind

Words nearby vol-au-vent

volatile oil, volatile salt, volatility index, volatilization, volatilize, vol-au-vent, volcanic, volcanic arc, volcanic ash, volcanic bomb, volcanic cone

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Example sentences from the Web for vol-au-vent

After the fish came a vol-au-vent; then a roast fowl, a salad, French beans with a Pithiviers lark-pie.
The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume VIII.|Guy de Maupassant
He began to eat his vol-au-vent with the appetite of a boy of fourteen.
The King's Men|Robert Grant, John Boyle O'Reilly, J. S. Dale, and John T. Wheelwright
Make your tartelettes as in the last and fill with peaches dressed as for vol-au-vent (No. 1141).
The Gastronomic Regenerator:|Alexis Soyer
Another day, bake them; the next, put them in a pie or a patty; the third, let them give substance to a vol-au-vent.
The Feasts of Autolycus|Elizabeth Robins Pennell

I didn't envy them that vol-au-vent of yours, Ellen, good as it smelt.
Jill the Reckless|P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

British Dictionary definitions for vol-au-vent

vol-au-vent

/ (French vɔlovɑ̃) /

noun

a very light puff pastry case filled either with a savoury mixture in a richly flavoured sauce or sometimes with fruit

Word Origin for vol-au-vent

C19: from French, literally: flight in the wind

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单词	vol-au-vent
释义	vol-au-vent [ vaw-loh-vahn ] / vɔ loʊˈvɑ̃ / noun Cooking. a large shell of light, flaky pastry for filling with vegetable, fish, or meat mixtures, usually with a sauce. Origin of vol-au-vent 1820–30; <French: literally, flight on the wind Words nearby vol-au-vent volatile oil, volatile salt, volatility index, volatilization, volatilize, vol-au-vent, volcanic, volcanic arc, volcanic ash, volcanic bomb, volcanic cone Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for vol-au-vent After the fish came a vol-au-vent; then a roast fowl, a salad, French beans with a Pithiviers lark-pie. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume VIII.\|Guy de Maupassant He began to eat his vol-au-vent with the appetite of a boy of fourteen. The King's Men\|Robert Grant, John Boyle O'Reilly, J. S. Dale, and John T. Wheelwright Make your tartelettes as in the last and fill with peaches dressed as for vol-au-vent (No. 1141). The Gastronomic Regenerator:\|Alexis Soyer Another day, bake them; the next, put them in a pie or a patty; the third, let them give substance to a vol-au-vent. The Feasts of Autolycus\|Elizabeth Robins Pennell I didn't envy them that vol-au-vent of yours, Ellen, good as it smelt. Jill the Reckless\|P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse British Dictionary definitions for vol-au-vent vol-au-vent / (French vɔlovɑ̃) / noun a very light puff pastry case filled either with a savoury mixture in a richly flavoured sauce or sometimes with fruit Word Origin for vol-au-vent C19: from French, literally: flight in the wind Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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