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chou

nounattested in dialogue

  • //ʃuː//

Choux pastry, usually in the form of a small round cake with a sweet filling.

noun

  1. 1

    Choux pastry, usually in the form of a small round cake with a sweet filling.

  2. 2

    A bunch, knot, or rosette of ribbon or other material, used as an ornament in women's clothing.

    Medium sized chous, or rosettes of the ribbon finish the trimming at bottom of chest opening, and at the waist points back and front.

Etymology

From French chou (“cabbage”); compare French pâte à choux (“choux pastry”). Doublet of caulis, cole, and kale.

Forms

plural
chous, choux
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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