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cheese souffle

cheese souffle

1 3.9
A light baked dish of cheese and eggs that puffs up in the oven
  • noun
  • /ʃuːˈfɛl/
translation icon : soufflé de queso

Examples

  • Alright cheese souffle, we'll do it your way.

    Frankenstein Created Bikers (2016)

  • Sandy had lit soft candles and prepared a cheese soufflé.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • For dinner, she prepared a delicious cheese souffle that everyone loved.

  • The chef presented a creamy cheese souffle as the highlight of the meal.

  • He was excited to try the cheese souffle that his mother always makes for special occasions.

Synonyms

cheese soufflé
vscheese souffle
4.5

A light, fluffy baked dish made with cheese and eggs

uses beaten egg whites and a white sauce to create a puffy texture

How Light

mousse
18 3.7
cheese souffle
1 3.9
quiche
20 4.2
tart
93 1.6

Surface Forms

cheese souffle singular
cheese souffles plural

Morphology

cheese + souffle

The meaning 'a light, puffy baked dish made with cheese and eggs' is directly derived from combining 'cheese' (a dairy ingredient) with 'souffle' (a particular type of baked egg-based dish). This noun–noun composition is straightforward and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

The compound noun cheese souffle comes from the French word soufflé, which means 'puffed up'. In the kitchen, beaten egg whites make the dish rise and become light and puffy, so cheese souffle means a light, puffy baked dish with cheese.