Quorn
/kwɔːn
/noun [mass noun] British trademark
A type of protein-rich food made from an edible fungus and used as a meat substitute.I don't use Quorn or any meat lookalike products - what for?...
- The company is introducing meal-size salads, a side salad, fresh apples and a burger made from the meat substitute Quorn.
- On further investigation it turned out that these Vegetarian Chicken Chunks were nothing more exciting than that delicious fungus Quorn.
Origin
1980s: the name of a former company in the Leicestershire village of Quorndon.
Rhymes
- rhinolaryngology
- rhino-like
- rhinolith
- rhinolithiasis
- rhinological
- rhinologist
- rhinology
- rhinolophid
- rhinopharyngeal
- rhinopharyngitis
- rhinopharynx
- rhinophore
- rhinophyma
- rhinoplastic
- rhinoplasty
- rhinopneumonitis
- offscouring
- offscourings
- off-screen
- off season
- offset
- offset blanket
- offset curve
- offset litho
- offset lithograph