Phrase guide

vanilla slice

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A snack similar to a mille-feuille, consisting of a layer of vanilla custard or cream between two layers of pastry.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, UK

Examples

  • 1978, Association of Public Health Inspectors (UK), An Examination of the Bacteriological Quality of Retail Vanilla Slices, Environmental Health, Volume 86, page 67, One hundred and thirty-three vanilla slices, purchased from shops in the County of West Yorkshire, were examined to determine the numbers and type of bacteria present at the time of purchase.
  • 2011, Vicky Daddo, Meeting My Renaissance Man, Stephen Thompson (editor), Mythic Resonance, Specusphere, Australia, unnumbered page, ‘Vanilla slice,’ he said, his voice directed at the glass cabinet. [...] I pulled back the tray with the vanilla slices and he ducked down like a meerkat on sentry duty.

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Translations

5 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: napoleoninleivos — Translations
  • Finnish: tuhatlehti — Translations
  • German: Cremeschnitte — Translations
  • Polish: vanilla slice — Translations
  • Romanian: cremșnit — Translations