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edible lace

edible lace

6.8
A thin decorative sheet made from food ingredients to decorate cakes and desserts
  • noun
translation icon : encaje comestible
  • She learned how to make edible lace for her friend's wedding cake.

Examples

  • The cake was beautifully decorated with edible lace.

  • The intricate patterns of edible lace added elegance to each pastry.

  • The cake was beautifully adorned with edible lace.

  • Can you find some edible lace for my birthday cake?

  • She learned how to make edible lace for her friend's wedding cake.

  • The cake was beautifully decorated with edible lace to enhance its appearance.

  • The intricate patterns of edible lace added elegance to each dessert on the table.

Surface Forms

edible lace singular
edible laces plural

Morphology

edible + lace

The noun phrase is a straightforward composition: 'edible' (safe to eat) qualifying 'lace' (a decorative fabric), so the meaning 'lace-like decoration that can be eaten' is directly derivable from the parts. This standard adjective+noun pattern is cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the MWE meaning.

Etymology

Edible lace comes from the simple idea of making food look like delicate cloth. Bakers create thin patterned sheets from sugar or other ingredients that look like real lace, and because they are edible you can eat them, so the name means 'a decorative, lace-like sheet used to decorate cakes and desserts'.