chou

¹ American  

[shoo] / ʃu /

noun

plural

choux

1. a cabbage-shaped decoration, as a rosette or knot on a woman's dress, hat, etc.

2. cream puff.

   delicious little choux topped with sugar crystals or streusel.

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Chou ² American  

[joh] / dʒoʊ /

Chinese Chow

noun

1. a dynasty in China, 1122?–256 b.c., marked by the division of China into separate feudal states and the emergence of important philosophical schools, especially Confucianism and Taoism.

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chou ¹ British  

/ ʃuː /

noun

1. a type of cabbage

2. a rosette

3. a round cream bun

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Chou ² British  

/ tʃəʊ /

noun

1. the imperial dynasty of China from about 1126 to 255 _bc

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Etymology

Origin of chou

First recorded in 1700–10; from French: literally, “cabbage,” from Latin caulis “stem”; cole

Example Sentences

To further complicate the narrative, Eater’s Melissa McCart found a 2022 Resy interview in which Blamey had specifically mentioned collaborating with Garcia on Mena’s version of scallop chou farci.

From Salon • May 12, 2024

Largely, that’s been how the response to the scallop chou farci debacle on “Top Chef” has been divided, too.

From Salon • May 12, 2024

Danny’s winning dish, scallop chou farci-stuffed boiled cabbage with yuzu kosho foam, elicited some of the highest praise I’ve heard from Tom Collichio in 21 seasons of “Top Chef.”

From Salon • Apr. 28, 2024

But there are also dishes that seem to have nothing to do with Chile — for instance, a chou farci.

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2022

Bake chou paste in long, slender shapes, like éclairs, but narrower and shorter; when cold split apart on the ends and one side and fill with chicken salad.

From Salads, Sandwiches and Chafing-Dish Dainties With Fifty Illustrations of Original Dishes by Hill, Janet McKenzie

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