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macaroon

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mac·a·roon  (mk-rn)
n.
A chewy cookie made with sugar, egg whites, and almond paste or coconut.
[French macaron, from Italian dialectal maccarone, dumpling, macaroni.]
macaroon [ˌmækəˈruːn]
n
(Cookery) a kind of sweet biscuit made of ground almonds, sugar, and egg whites
[via French macaron from Italian maccarone macaroni]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.macaroon - chewy cookie usually containing almond pastemacaroon - chewy cookie usually containing almond paste
cookie, cooky, biscuit - any of various small flat sweet cakes (`biscuit' is the British term)
ratafia biscuit, ratafia - macaroon flavored with ratafia liqueur
coconut macaroon - macaroon containing coconut
Translations
macaroon [ˌmækəˈruːn] N → macarrón m, mostachón m
macaroon [ˌmækəˈruːn] n → macaron m
macaroon
n → Makrone f
macaroon [ˌmækəˈruːn] n → amaretto (biscotto)
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He took Miss Milton down, of course, put her in a corner, and having served her to a dab of ice and one macaroon, he devoted himself to his own supper with such interest, that Polly would have fared badly, if Tom had not come and rescued her.
An Old-Fashioned Girl by Alcott, Louisa May View in context
Or how, at the tender age when a confectioner seems to him a very prince whom all the world must envy--who breakfasts on macaroons, dines on meringues, sups on twelfth-cake, and fills up the intermediate hours with sugar-candy or peppermint--how is he to foresee the day of sad wisdom, when he will discern that the confectioner's calling is not socially influential, or favourable to a soaring ambition?
Brother Jacob by Eliot, George View in context
After about fifteen dishes, he concluded the repast with dessert, some of which he even carried out of doors, for some young gentlemen at table, amused with his coolness and gallant free- and-easy manner, induced him to pocket a handful of macaroons, which he discussed on his way to the theatre, whither everybody went in the cheery social little German place.
Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context
 
 
 
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