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ganache.

A rich sauce, made of chocolate and cream, used also as the filling of truffles, and as a glaze.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɡəˈnæʃ//ɡəˈnɑːʃ/
  1. A rich sauce, made of chocolate and cream, used also as the filling of truffles, and as a glaze.

    countable · uncountable
  2. A kind of surcoat with short cap sleeves.

    countable · historical · uncountable
  3. A fool

    countable · obsolete · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French ganache, from Italian ganascia (“jaw”), ultimately from Ancient Greek γνάθος (gnáthos) (see gnatho-).

verb/ɡəˈnæʃ//ɡəˈnɑːʃ/
  1. To coat with ganache.

    transitive
    to ganache the sides of a cake
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French ganache, from Italian ganascia (“jaw”), ultimately from Ancient Greek γνάθος (gnáthos) (see gnatho-).

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