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noun
An airy pudding served chilled, particularly chocolate mousse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A savory dish, of meat or seafood, containing gelatin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A styling cream used for hair.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A stable emulsion of water and oil that is created by wave action churning the water where an oil spill occurs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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verb
To apply mousse (styling cream).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
toiletry consisting of an aerosol foam used in hair styling
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: hair mousse, hair gel
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: toiletry, toilet articles
noun
a light creamy dish made from fish or meat and set with gelatin
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: dish
Narrower terms: fish mousse, chicken mousse
noun
a rich, frothy, creamy dessert made with whipped egg whites and heavy cream
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: dessert, sweet, afters
Narrower terms: chocolate mousse
verb
apply a styling gel to
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: gel
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: groom, neaten
History
From French mousse (“foam, froth”), from Old French mosse (“moss”), from Frankish or Old Dutch *mosa (“moss”), from Proto-Germanic *musą (“moss, bog, marsh”). More at moss.
Across languages
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
