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nonpareil

nonpareil

1 9.6
A tiny round sugar bead used to decorate sweets
  • noun
  • /ˌnɑːn.pəˈreɪl/
translation icon : gragea
  • The baker topped the cookies with sweet nonpareils to make them more appealing.
  • sugar and nonpareils

Examples

  • I love adding nonpareils to my cookies for extra color.

  • Decorate the cake with colorful nonpareils for a festive look.

  • Children love candies covered in chocolate and rolled in nonpareils.

  • She sprinkled nonpareils on top of the cupcakes for a festive look.

  • The baker decorated the cookies with colorful nonpareils before baking them.

  • The cake was decorated with colorful nonpareils.

  • She used blue and pink nonpareils to enhance the ice cream sundaes.

Synonyms

sprinkles
vsnonpareil
  • US
1.0

Small sweet pieces of chocolate or colored sugar that you put on cakes and ice cream

are tiny round colored sugar beads used as a specific decorative form

Surface Forms

nonpareil singular
nonpareils plural

Etymology

Nonpareil for a sugar bead comes from French non- ('not') and pareil ('equal'), meaning 'without equal'. A helpful image is to think of each tiny sprinkle as a perfect little 'no-equal' dot, which is why these beads carry that name.