meringue1
/məˈraŋ
/noun
An item of sweet food made from a mixture of egg whites and sugar baked until crisp: chocolate meringues [mass noun]: cover the pudding with meringue...
- I store it in jars and use it to spoon over all sorts of things, like pancakes, creamy meringues, plain cheesecake, yogurt, and vanilla ice-cream.
- We were delighted with the show and happily chose from various cheesecakes, meringues and chocolate cakes.
- I'd do difficult things like puff pastry or meringues.
Origin
From French, of unknown origin.
Rhymes
meringue2
/məˈraŋ/noun
Variant spelling of merengue.