coulis en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /kuːˈliː/
- /ˈkuːli/
- /ˈkuːliz/ plural "coulis"
- (Southern-England) audio
- /kuːˈliːz/ plural "coulis"
Etymology
Borrowed from French coulis.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) A thick sauce made with pureed vegetable or fruit and often used as a garnish.
Just then the desserts, mere bonnes bouches in foot-wide puddles of pink coulis, were set in front of them.
2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty […], 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 378:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| coulis | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| coulises | Number=Plur | lexicographic |