bouchée

[ boo-shey ]
/ buˈʃeɪ /

noun

a small patty shell of puff pastry, used especially for hot hors d'oeuvres.

Origin of bouchée

1840–50; < French: literally, a mouthful, equivalent to bouche mouth (< Latin bucca) + -ée < Latin -āta -ate1

Words nearby bouchée

boucher de crèvecoeur de perthes, boucherville, bouches-du-rhône, bouchon, bouché, bouchée, boucicault, bouclé, bouclée, boudeuse, boudicca

Example sentences from the Web for bouchee

  • The guides called it bouchee, "corked," and leaped out gayly into the water with their axes to "uncork" it.

    Little Rivers |Henry van Dyke

British Dictionary definitions for bouchee

bouchée
/ (buːˈʃeɪ) /

noun

a small pastry case filled with a savoury mixture, served hot with cocktails or as an hors d'oeuvre

Word Origin for bouchée

C19: from French: mouthful