croquembouche
[ kroh-kuh m-boosh; French kraw-kahn-boosh ]
/ ˌkroʊ kəmˈbuʃ; French krɔ kɑ̃ˈbuʃ /
noun, plural cro·quem·bouches [kroh-kuh m-boo-shiz; French kraw-kahn-boosh] /ˌkroʊ kəmˈbu ʃɪz; French krɔ kɑ̃ˈbuʃ/. French Cookery.
a pyramid of bite-size cream puffs coated and held in place with caramelized sugar.
Origin of croquembouche
< French, assimilated form of
croque en bouche (it) crunches in (the) mouth
Words nearby croquembouche
crop-eared,
cropland,
cropper,
croppie,
cropt,
croquembouche,
croquet,
croquette,
croquignole,
croquis,
crore
Example sentences from the Web for croquembouche
Beneath the croquembouche and rock candy tiaras, these are real women.