flan ring
noun
See under flan(def 2).
Origin of flan ring
First recorded in 1905–10
Words nearby flan ring
flammable,
flammarion,
flamsteed,
flamy,
flan,
flan ring,
flanagan,
flanch,
flanders,
flanders poppy,
flange
Definition for flan ring (2 of 2)
flan
[ flan, flahn; for 1 also Spanish flahn; for 2 also French flahn ]
/ flæn, flɑn; for 1 also Spanish flɑn; for 2 also French flɑ̃ /
noun, plural flans [flanz, flahnz; for 2 also French flahn] /flænz, flɑnz; for 2 also French flɑ̃/; Spanish fla·nes [flah-nes] /ˈflɑ nɛs/ for 1.
Spanish Cookery.
a dessert of sweetened egg custard with a caramel topping.
an open, tartlike pastry, the shell of which is baked in a bottomless band of metal (flan ring) on a baking sheet, removed from the ring and filled with custard, cream, fruit, etc.
a piece of metal shaped ready to form a coin, but not yet stamped by the die.
the metal of which a coin is made, as distinct from its design.
Origin of flan
1840–50; < French; Old French
flaon < Late Latin
fladōn-, stem of
fladō < Germanic; compare Old High German
flado (German
Fladen) flat cake
British Dictionary definitions for flan ring
flan
/ (flæn) /
noun
an open pastry or sponge tart filled with fruit or a savoury mixture
a piece of metal ready to receive the die or stamp in the production of coins; shaped blank; planchet
Word Origin for flan
C19: from French, from Old French
flaon, from Late Latin
fladō flat cake, of Germanic origin