chartreuse
/ʃɑɹˈtɹuːz/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.44 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A French dish of vegetables (and sometimes meat) wrapped tightly in a decorative layer of salad or vegetable leaves and cooked in a dome-shaped mould.
Countable; Uncountable
name
A female given name from English.
Example Sentences
- "Old Tinker, in evening dress, sat uncomfortably, sideways, upon the edge of a wicker and brocade “chaise lounge,” finishing a tiny glass of chartreuse, while Talbot Potter, in the middle of the room, took leave of a second guest who had been dining with him."
- "Many liqueurs, among them chartreuse and benedictine, have long been held in great esteem as aphrodisiac aids."
- "Well, we shot the line and we went for broke With a thousand screamin' trucks An' eleven long-haired Friends a' Jesus In a chartreuse microbus."
- "Every scrap of vegetation had been scorched from the parched soil, except for growths of black, orange, and chartreuse lichen that, from the air, gave the earth a scabbed and infected appearance."
- "ARRANGE DIFFERENT KINDS OF COOKED VEGETABLES IN A CASSEROLE […] The dish resembles a chartreuse."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: chartreuse
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ʃɑɹˈtɹuːz/
- British English: /ʃɑːˈtɹɜːz/