julienne
4
7.4
- noun
- /ˈdʒuːliˌɛn/
- Specialized
:
juliana
- She garnished the soup with fresh julienne vegetables for extra flavor.
- julienne strips
- julienne carrots
- julienne vegetables
Examples
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I prepared a julienne of bell peppers to add color to my dish.
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Make hundreds of julienne carrots in seconds.
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Cook it, stick it in the middle of the plate, and keep those julienne vegetables far afield.
Fiction book (1999) -
Also makes julienne fries.
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Crinkle-cut or julienne?
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But I could not look at julienne strips of ham, turkey, and cheddar cheese, and especially not sliced boiled eggs.
Fiction book (1994) -
Cut the carrots into julienne strips before adding them to the salad.
Synonyms
1
3.7
A vegetable cut into thin strips like matchsticks for salads and cooking
Compounds
- Specialized
1
3.7
A vegetable cut into thin strips like matchsticks for salads and cooking
How Thin
Surface Forms
Etymology
Julienne comes from French and likely means 'in the style of Julien' (a name); it first named a soup made with very thin vegetables, so the word came to mean vegetables cut into thin 'matchstick' strips used as a garnish.