coconut macaroon
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3.2
- noun
- /ˈkoʊkənʌt ˌmækəˈrun/
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macarón de coco
- I baked some delicious coconut macaroons for the party, and they were a hit.
Examples
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I had a coconut macaroon, I had a keto chocolate peanut butter little cup thing.
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Try these lightly sweet pure coconut macaroons for an easy way to satisfy that sweet tooth without going off to sugar-coma land.
Blog text (33) -
My mother still climbed the stairs, chewed coconut macaroons, and read for pleasure at age ninety-four.
Fiction book (2001) -
CHOCOLATE-COVERED COCONUT MACAROONS WERE STEVE'S FAVORITE.
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AND I DON'T CARE WHETHER THEY'RE GINGERBREAD MEN OR CHOCOLATE-COCONUT MACAROONS.
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The recipe for coconut macaroons calls for shredded coconut and egg whites mixed with sugar.
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At the bakery, I found a variety of coconut macaroons, each with a chewy center.
Synonyms
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3.5
A small chewy sweet made from almonds or coconut
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase denotes a macaroon made with coconut, which is directly and compositionally derived from 'coconut' (ingredient/type) modifying 'macaroon' (a small cookie). This noun–noun modifier pattern is common in English and cross-linguistically familiar, so a B1 learner who knows both constituent words would readily understand the meaning.
Etymology
Coconut macaroon probably comes from the older word macaroon, a name for a small sweet made from a soft egg-and-sugar mix. Bakers began to add shredded coconut, so coconut macaroon simply means the 'coconut' kind of that 'small sweet' and now refers to the chewy coconut 'cookie' we eat today.