black forest
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.63 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A large forest and mountain range in southwestern Germany.
noun
A style of confectionery that is a combination of dark chocolate, cream, and cherries.
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Black Forest.
Example Sentences
- "One reader combines equal parts of cherry pie filling and chocolate pudding for a quick dessert—a sort of Black Forest pudding or parfait."
- "So was perspective, Kristen learned as she entered her kitchen and found Casey sitting at her built-in peninsula, chowing through a mini mason jar full of chocolate-cherry Black Forest pie with mocha whipped cream and bittersweet chocolate shavings and almond brittle."
- "She squeezed out a lump of whipped cream frosting onto two of the last batch of Black Forest cupcakes when a throat cleared in the front and startled her."
- "Opened in 2018 in the ruined castle Burg Landshut, this state-of-the-art restaurant is worth the steep climb (or shuttle-bus ride) for modern German cuisine such as sauerkraut and blood-sausage soup, and pike-perch with bacon and cabbage mash, topped off by desserts like Black Forest mousse with berry coulis and Riesling sorbet with poached local peaches."
- "So the knights worked on their pies. Starry Knight made a shepherd’s pie. Knight Owl made a black forest pie."
- "Enterprising food includes sandwiches, chicken liver pâté with caramelised red onion marmalade, curried crab croquettes with chilli, mango and spring onion salsa, carrot, lentil and mint fritters with red pepper, apricot and giant couscous salad, beef in ale pudding, seared swordfish steak with tomato sauce and charred vegetables, shredded duck salad with oranges, pistachio nuts and pomegranate dressing, and puddings such as iced black forest parfait with boozy cherries and lemon trifle."
Etymology
Inflected Forms
the Black Forest (canonical)