fruit tart
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1.8
- noun
- /frut tɑrt/
:
tarta de frutas
- fresh fruit tart
- fruit tart for dessert
Examples
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He ruined my fruit tarts.
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The waiter returns to take their dessert orders, and Richard orders three coffees, an herbal tea for Andrea, and two servings of a fruit tart for the four of them to share.
Fiction book (1991) -
For dessert, we enjoyed a delicious fruit tart topped with fresh strawberries and blueberries.
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At the bakery, she couldn’t resist the vibrant fruit tart glazed with apricot jam and filled with creamy custard.
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The chef presented a stunning fruit tart with a buttery crust, filled with pastry cream and adorned with seasonal fruits.
Synonyms
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1.6
A small open pastry filled with fruit or custard
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4.8
A small pastry shell filled with sweet or savory food that people serve at parties
How Fruity
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1.8
93
1.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from 'fruit' (edible produce) + 'tart' (a baked pastry with filling): a tart made with fruit. This noun+noun compositional pattern is common and cross-linguistically regular, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The noun fruit tart is a small open pastry filled with cream or custard and topped with pieces of fresh fruit, so you can picture a little tart with bright fruit arranged like a small picture. Because it is literally a tart topped with fruit, the phrase means 'a dessert made with pastry and fruit'.