frappe
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7.8
A frozen fruit-flavored dessert made without milk
- noun
- /fræpeɪ/
:
sorbete
- For dessert, we ordered a fruity frappe that perfectly complemented the warm weather.
Examples
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The café offers a delicious frappe that is packed with the flavor of ripe strawberries.
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He put his glass down on the yellow Formica, dipped his finger into the frappe, and licked it off.
Fiction book (1993) -
On a hot summer day, I enjoyed a refreshing frappe made with fresh mango and ice.
Synonyms
414
1.0
A cold sweet dessert made from fruit juice and sugar without milk
is similar but highlights fruit flavor and lack of milk
sorbet
vsfrappe
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2.7
A frozen sweet made from fruit juice or crushed fruit without milk, with a soft, slushy texture
is like this but used more generally for fruit flavored milk free treats
frozen dessert
vsfrappe
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2.7
A sweet cold food made by freezing milk or fruit
is narrower and refers especially to fruit flavored milk free treats
Surface Forms
Etymology
Frappe for a frozen fruit dessert comes from French frappé, from frapper meaning 'to beat' or 'to hit'. Imagine fruit flavor and ice mixed and chilled until they become a light, icy treat, so a frappe is a cold dessert without milk.