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quiche

quiche

20 4.2
A baked pie with a rich egg filling often mixed with cheese or vegetables
  • noun
  • /kiːʃ/
translation icon : quiche
  • For brunch, we enjoyed a delicious quiche made with spinach and cheese.
  • eat quiche
  • spinach quiche
  • cheese quiche

You could also add bacon bits in this quiche if you want.

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Examples

  • I made this spinach, caramelized onion, and feta quiche this week, and it was delicious!

    Blog text (5)
  • I'm gonna go make quiche.

  • The thing is, I think last place has to go to the quiche because there is an element of interest.

  • A slice of quiche would be nice.

  • We started to make a quiche and a salad.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • You could also add bacon bits in this quiche if you want.

  • He made a quiche on Tuesday.

  • I had the vegetable quiche for lunch, and it was cooked perfectly.

    Blog text (33)
  • The first one is the fine dining quiche and that is from Monsieur Marcel.

  • Rosemary pulled the quiche out, inserted the knife, and pronounced it still runny.

    Fiction book (1996)

Synonyms

pie
vsquiche
696 1.0

A baked pastry with a sweet or savory filling

is open without a top crust and centers on rich egg custard
tart
vsquiche
93 1.6

A small open pastry filled with fruit or custard

is a baked open case that specifically uses rich unsweetened egg custard
pastry
vsquiche
90 1.0

A baked item like a croissant or tart that people often eat with coffee

is a specific savory open case filled with rich egg custard
French pastry
vsquiche
2 3.2

A sweet baked treat from France often filled with cream or jam

is savory and focuses on unsweetened egg custard rather than sweet fillings
flan
vsquiche
  • UK
1 3.4

An open pastry like a tart with a sweet or savory filling

is mainly savory and built on rich unsweetened egg custard

Idioms

A joking phrase that shows old ideas about how men should act

Compounds

A rich open pie made of pastry filled with eggs, cream, cheese and bacon

A Mayan language the Quiche people speak in Guatemala

quiche-eater
  • Offensive
8.6

A person who likes to eat quiche and is seen as fashionable

How Rich

quiche
20 4.2
omelet
  • US
76 1.0
sandwich
800 1.0
salad
550 1.0

Surface Forms

quiche singular
quiches plural

Etymology

The word quiche comes from French and from the German word kuchen, which means 'cake'. Think of a quiche as a 'cake' made with eggs, cheese and other fillings, which explains why the name fits this baked tart.