escargot
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- noun
- /ɛsˈkɑrɡoʊ/
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caracol
- The only food that I have tried that I truly didn't like has been escargot and conch (a bigger snail).
- eat escargot
- garlic-butter escargots
- dish of escargot
So I ate the escargot and mid chew they said, oh, I didn't think you'd like snails.
- So I ate the escargot and mid chew they said, oh, I didn't think you'd like snails.
Examples
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Ah, the escargot.
Fiction book (1990) -
Sipping wine, eating escargot.
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I want to try escargot.
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Madame, do you have any escargot?
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If you get hungry, I'd recommend the escargot.
Fiction book (1996) -
Sondra, Arthur, and I are eating escargot.
Fiction book (1990) -
Do you like escargot?
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And then we have bouillabaisse, followed by escargot with garlic and parsley butter.
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So different from the escargot she steams with shallot butter for clients, for brunches and appetizers.
Fiction book (1992) -
At this romantic restaurant, we enjoyed escargot prepared in butter with garlic.
Synonyms
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A cooked land animal with a spiral shell eaten as food, often with garlic butter
A large land snail that people eat and that chefs use in French dishes
A snail that people eat, often in French cooking
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Etymology
Escargot is a French word that literally means 'snail' and English borrowed it to name the cooked snail dish. So when you see escargot on a menu, think of the small shelled animal served as a French delicacy, often with garlic butter.