MOUSSE

mousse, hair mousse

(noun) toiletry consisting of an aerosol foam used in hair styling

mousse

(noun) a light creamy dish made from fish or meat and set with gelatin

mousse

(noun) a rich, frothy, creamy dessert made with whipped egg whites and heavy cream

mousse, gel

(verb) apply a styling gel to; “she mousses her hair”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

mousse (countable and uncountable, plural mousses)

An airy pudding served chilled, particularly chocolate mousse.

A savory dish, of meat or seafood, containing gelatin.

A styling cream used for hair.

A stable emulsion of water and oil that is created by wave action churning the water where an oil spill occurs.

Verb

mousse (third-person singular simple present mousses, present participle moussing, simple past and past participle moussed)

To apply mousse (styling cream).

Anagrams

• Smouse, mouses, smouse

Source: Wiktionary


Mousse (moos), n. [F.] (Cookery)

Definition: A frozen dessert of a frothy texture, made of sweetened and flavored whipped cream, sometimes with the addition of egg yolks and gelatin. Mousse differs from ice cream in being beaten before -- not during -- the freezing process.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.

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