meringue
Multiple Entries:meringue merengue
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
meringue1 /məˈraŋ/
▶noun an item of sweet food made from egg whites and sugar and baked until crisp.
– origin from Fr., of unknown origin.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
meringue2 /məˈraŋ/
▶noun variant spelling of merengue.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
merengue /məˈrɛŋgeɪ/ (also meringue)
▶noun a Caribbean style of dance music, typically in duple and triple time.
■ a dance style associated with such music, with alternating long and short stiff-legged steps.
– origin C19: prob. Amer. Sp.
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