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brioche

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bri·oche  (br-ôsh, -sh)
n.
A soft, light-textured bread made from eggs, butter, flour, and yeast and formed into a roll or a bun.

[French, from Old French, from broyer, brier, to knead, of Germanic origin; see bhreg- in Indo-European roots.]
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brioche

brioche [ˈbriːəʊʃ -ɒʃ (French) briɔʃ]
n
(Cookery) a soft roll or loaf made from a very light yeast dough, sometimes mixed with currants
[from Norman dialect, from brier to knead, of Germanic origin; compare French broyer to pound, break]

brioche - In French, it literally means "split up into small pieces."
See also related terms for small+piece.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.brioche - a light roll rich with eggs and butter and somewhat sweetbrioche - a light roll rich with eggs and butter and somewhat sweet
bun, roll - small rounded bread either plain or sweet
Translations
brioche [briˈɒʃ] nbrioche f


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It is so now, and it was so two hundred years ago, only the brioche was not so large, and probably there were to be seen no trellises of lath around the brioche, which constitute an ornament, planted like gardes-fous along the passages that wind towards the little terrace.
 
 
 
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