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spumoni

spumoni

2 7.6
A layered Italian ice cream with fruit and nuts
  • noun
  • /spəˈmoʊni/
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  • At the Italian festival, I enjoyed a bowl of spumoni topped with nuts and fresh fruit.

Examples

  • The spumoni-flavored school library program is headed by a learning leader known throughout the school as a learning expert in the information- and technology-rich world.

    Academic text (2006)

  • The final, spumoni-flavored learning school library program focuses on the learner and achievement.

    Academic text (2006)

  • Can we have a scoop of spumoni on top?

    Academic text (2006)

  • Spumoni is a great ice cream because three distinctive flavors and colors are skillfully blended in such a way that, even though they are separated, the combined taste is absolutely delicious.

    Academic text (2006)

  • For dessert, we ordered a delicious spumoni filled with layers of chocolate, pistachio, and cherry.

  • The restaurant's menu featured a rich spumoni, perfectly blending different flavors of ice cream.

Synonyms

gelato
vsspumoni
23 2.5

A creamy Italian frozen dessert thicker than ice cream

is made in separate flavor layers instead of a single smooth texture
tutti-frutti
vsspumoni
1 5.4

Ice cream with small pieces of sweet candied fruit

is built in distinct layers of different flavors often including fruits and nuts

Surface Forms

spumoni singular
spumonis plural

Etymology

Spumoni comes from the Italian word spumone and the root spuma meaning 'foam', because the dessert has light, foamy layers. So, thinking of 'foam' helps you remember spumoni is a layered, light Italian ice cream dessert.