fraise du bois
/frɛz dü ˈbwɑ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.37 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Example Sentences
- "Here the valleys are simply crawling with the most delicious fraise du bois which nobody bothers to harvest."
- "After this culinary lyric, I was served a strawberry ice cream made from fraises du bois, followed after the due interval by a woodcock flambé...."
- "Flowers grow here as they will, lilies of the valley, wild garlic and fraise du bois all tangled up together."
- "A horse and carriage waits to take us to Central Park, where the grass is studded with fraises du bois.[…]Again, the insistent perfume of fraises du bois."
- "But the stream still dashed among the rocks; people were bathing and preparing the produce for market, watercress, lettuce, even delicious little fraises du bois, strawberries, ripe and sweet, with grains that melted in the mouth."
- "The staff at The Conrad, even as the afternoon wore on, continued cheerfully to replace items, brining, among other things, a new joint of lamb and an exceedingly fresh fruit salad that sported quite a few fraises du bois."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: French