popover
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- noun
- /ˈpɒpəvər/
- US
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popover
- I even broke my vow of wheat abstinence for one of these yummy popovers.
- Cheese popovers
- Cup popover
- Popover pan
Examples
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It's at the corner of Amsterdam and 86th Street and is where I learned the joy of eating a popover.
Blog text (25) -
Well, surely you have popovers at home.
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I can try to make popovers, if I can remember how.
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The popovers are to die for!
Blog text (4) -
The popovers emerged from my oven light and fluffy.
Blog text (25) -
There's a wonderful cafe in Manhattan called Popovers.
Blog text (25) -
Smith mentioned it to him as they sat down for a lunch of onion soup, egg salad, and popovers served by a member of the kitchen staff.
Fiction book (1990) -
He requested popovers to go with the strawberry blueberry jam my mom made from fresh Jersey blueberries.
Blog text (11) -
On his birthday last August, she had treated him to a night of his favorite things: lobster bisque and popovers at Anthony's, then the Aretha Franklin concert at Harborlights.
Fiction book (1998) -
The crown-topped popovers are crisp on the outside and moist on the inside.
Synonyms
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1.0
A small, round sweet bread baked in a paper cup
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Etymology
Popover comes from the simple parts pop and over, where pop means 'to burst up' and over means 'above'. It describes a light muffin that suddenly puffs up and rises above the rim of its cup, so the batter seems to 'pop over' the pan.