macaroon

mac·a·roon

M0002800 (măk′ə-ro͞on′)n. A chewy cookie made with sugar, egg whites, and almond paste or coconut.

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[French macaron, from Italian dialectal maccarone, dumpling, macaroni, variant of standard Italian maccherone; see macaroni.]

macaroon

(ˌmækəˈruːn) n (Cookery) a kind of sweet biscuit made of ground almonds, sugar, and egg whites[C17: via French macaron from Italian maccarone macaroni]

mac•a•roon

(ˌmæk əˈrun)

n. a cookie made of beaten egg whites, sugar, and almond paste or ground coconut. [1605–15; < Middle French macaron (< Occitan) < dial. Italian maccarone; see macaroni]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

macaroon - chewy cookie usually containing almond pastecookie, cooky, biscuit - any of various small flat sweet cakes (`biscuit' is the British term)ratafia biscuit, ratafia - macaroon flavored with ratafia liqueurcoconut macaroon - macaroon containing coconut

Translations

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