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chou

Best crossword clue

"Cream puff"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /ʃuː/Part of speech nounSorted chouStarts with CEnds with U1 cluesCommon crossword word
1C2H3O4U

Definitions

  1. puff filled with cream or custard

Word origin

From French chou (“cabbage”); compare French pâte à choux (“choux pastry”). Doublet of caulis, cole, and kale.

Used in a sentence

  • Medium sized chous, or rosettes of the ribbon finish the trimming at bottom of chest opening, and at the waist points back and front.
  • Considering the skill displayed in the drilling and decoration of many jades assigned to the Chou Dynasty, it would appear that the plain Huang Ts’ung originated at a much earlier date (Plate ix).
  • In the Shang and Chou periods our knowledge from archaeology of ordinary dwellings is thus far poor, but something can be said of the more pretentious edifices.

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