escargot
/ɛˈskɑːɡəʊ
/ /ɛˈskɑːɡəʊ/noun
The edible snail, especially as an item on a menu.No, I did not include escargots on the menu....
- Next we had a plate of escargots and clams in garlic butter.
- This was followed by a salad of new potatoes, julienned carrots, fresh chives, pine nuts and escargots braised in hazelnut oil.
Origin
French, from Old French escargol, from Provençal escaragol.
Rhymes
- persiennes
- persiflage
- persiflate
- persifleur
- persimmon
- persist
- persistence
- persistence characteristic
- persistency
- persistent
- persistently
- persistent organic pollutant
- persistent vegetative state
- persister
- persistingly
- persistive
- persistive vegetative state
- perskeet
- perskiet
- perskit
- persnicketiness
- persnickety
- persnickitiness
- persnickityness
- person