nonpareiladjective
/ˌnɒn.pəˈreɪl//ˌnɑːn.pəˈrel/literarybetter than any other:
her nonpareil beauty
[ after noun ] He was the teacher nonpareil.
nonpareilnoun
/ˌnɒn.pəˈreɪl//ˌnɑːn.pəˈrel/nonpareil noun (PERSON/THING)
[ S ] literary a person or thing that is better than any other:
She was, he was convinced, the nonpareil among women.
nonpareil noun (CHOCOLATE)
[ C ] US a piece of chocolate covered in sprinkles (= very small pieces of coloured sugar )
nonpareil noun (COLOURED SUGAR)
nonpareils
[ plural ] US UK hundreds and thousands small hard pieces of coloured sugar used to decorate cakes, biscuits, sweets, etc.
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