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marshmallow filling

marshmallow filling

2.1
A soft, sweet cream people put inside cakes or cookies
  • noun
  • /ˈmɑːrʃˌmɛloʊ ˈfɪlɪŋ/
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  • She spooned fluffy marshmallow filling onto the cookies before sandwiching them together.

Examples

  • The cake was layered with rich marshmallow filling between the chocolate sponges.

  • His favorite treat was a doughnut oozing with sweet marshmallow filling.

  • The cake had a delicious marshmallow filling.

  • I love marshmallow fillings in my desserts.

  • His favorite treat was a doughnut oozing with sweet marshmallow filling.

  • She spooned fluffy marshmallow filling onto the cookies before sandwiching them together.

  • The cake was layered with rich marshmallow filling between the chocolate sponges.

Synonyms

filling
vsmarshmallow filling
4 1.0

A food mixture placed inside pastries, pies, or sandwiches

is a sweet soft dessert specific variety rather than a general baking ingredient
marshmallow fluff
vsmarshmallow filling
  • US
1 2.7

A sweet soft white spread used as a dessert topping or filling

is used mainly inside desserts rather than as a topping

How Soft

marshmallow filling
2.1
custard
28 1.0
filling
1 2.4

Surface Forms

marshmallow filling singular
marshmallow fillings plural

Morphology

marshmallow + filling

The phrase 'marshmallow filling' is a transparent noun–noun compound whose meaning ('a filling made from marshmallows') is directly derivable from the known words 'marshmallow' and 'filling'. This compositional pattern is common and cross-linguistically regular, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily understand the MWE.

Etymology

Marshmallow filling is a simple name from the image of soft, sweet marshmallow put inside something as a filling. Imagine a fluffy blob squeezed into a doughnut or between cake layers, so it means a soft, sweet mixture used 'as a filling' in desserts.