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petit four
pet·it four P0221900 (pĕt′ē fôr′) n. pl. pe·tits fours or pet·it fours (pĕt′ē fôrz′) A small, frosted and decorated piece of pound cake or sponge cake.
[French, from (à) petit four, (in) a relatively cool oven (small cakes and pastries being so called because they are baked at more moderate temperatures than bread and larger cakes) : petit, little; see petit + four, oven (from Middle French, from Old French, from Latin furnus; see gwher- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots).] petit four (ˈpɛtɪ ˈfɔː; French pəti fur) n, pl petits fours (ˈpɛtɪ ˈfɔːz; French pəti fur) (Cookery) any of various very small rich sweet cakes and biscuits, usually decorated with fancy icing, marzipan, etc[French, literally: little oven]pet•it four (ˈpɛt i ˈfɔr, ˈfoʊr)
n., pl. pet•its fours, -it (ˈpɛt iˈfɔrz, ˈfoʊrz) a small frosted teacake. [1880–85; < French: literally, small oven] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | petit four - small (individual) frosted and ornamented cakecake - baked goods made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat |
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