Definitions
sweet topping especially for pies made of beaten egg whites and sugar
Word origin
Compare Middle Low German meringe (from mern (“to dip bread in wine”)), Middle High German merunge (from mëren (“to soak bread in wine or water for dinner”)), Old English merian (“to purify, cleanse, test”). Doublet of merengue.
Used in a sentence
“The key to a good baked Alaska is the meringue topping.”
“Shirley likes to have strawberry with her meringue.”
“It had the same laxness in texture that all organic structures seem to have upon the moon; it tasted rather like a gauffre or a damp meringue, but in no way was it disagreeable.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Foamy pie crown”8 letters
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