éclair
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3.3
- noun
- /eɪˈklɛr/
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eclair
- At the bakery, I decided to buy a box of assorted éclairs to share with my friends.
- a chocolate éclair
Examples
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Can we get Swedish éclairs?
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Two of those wonderfully fattening chocolate éclairs, please, sir.
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I ordered an éclair not a Twinkie.
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Try some of these éclairs.
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Coffee and two chocolate éclairs.
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Phil scrapes a plate and takes a final bite of a chocolate éclair.
Fiction book (1993) -
What about éclairs?
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Margot had come out onto the front stoop with the tray of éclairs.
Fiction book (1997) -
For dessert, I enjoyed a delicious chocolate éclair topped with glossy icing.
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She savored her vanilla éclair while sipping a hot cup of coffee.
Synonyms
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1.0
A dough of flour and fat that you use as a base for pies
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3.4
A long light pastry filled with cream and covered in chocolate
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2.5
A long thin pastry filled with cream and topped with chocolate icing
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Etymology
Éclair for the pastry comes from the French word éclair, which means 'lightning'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of eating one 'in a flash' because this long, thin cream-filled sweet is often eaten very quickly.