mousse.
An airy pudding served chilled, particularly chocolate mousse.
Meaning & usage
An airy pudding served chilled, particularly chocolate mousse.
A savory dish, of meat or seafood, containing gelatin.
ham mousse
A styling cream used for hair.
He slicked his hair back with mousse, but the cowlick still stuck up.
A stable emulsion of water and oil that is created by wave action churning the water where an oil spill occurs.
Where this word comes from
From French mousse (“foam, froth”), from Old French mosse (“moss”), from Frankish or Old Dutch *mosa (“moss”), from Proto-Germanic *musą (“moss, bog, marsh”). More at moss.
To apply mousse (styling cream).
He moussed his hair in the morning and then washed it out at night.
Where this word comes from
From French mousse (“foam, froth”), from Old French mosse (“moss”), from Frankish or Old Dutch *mosa (“moss”), from Proto-Germanic *musą (“moss, bog, marsh”). More at moss.
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