petit beurre
[ puh-tee bœr ]
/ pə ti ˈbœr /
noun, plural pe·tits beurre [puh-tee bœr] /pə ti ˈbœr/. French Cookery.
a small, usually oblong butter cookie.
Origin of petit beurre
1905–10; < French: literally, little butter
Words nearby petit beurre
petiolate,
petiole,
petiolule,
petipa,
petit,
petit beurre,
petit bourgeois,
petit déjeuner,
petit feu,
petit four,
petit jury
Example sentences from the Web for petit beurre
We had no bread, but we discovered some Petit-Beurre biscuits, and left him turning them over and over.
The Luck of Thirteen |Jan Gordon