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foie gras

[ fwah grah; French fwah grah ]

noun

  1. the liver of specially fattened geese or ducks, used as a table delicacy, especially in the form of a paste pâté de foie gras.


foie gras

/ fwa ɡrɑ /

noun

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of foie gras1

1810–20; < French: literally, fat liver
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Example Sentences

A heady froth of duck jus, cream and foie gras suspend a green raviolo stuffed with shredded duck breast, foie gras and truffle — the single most indulgent bite in town right now.

GREAT VALUEThe Périgord region of France is known for truffles, foie gras and historic castles from the Thirty Years’ War.

Seared foie gras glides to the table with a soursop compote atop a crisp round of plantain brioche.

One friend orders venison stuffed with foie gras and covered with cherries, “but was too lazy to touch it.”

The more perfectly the star in question feeds the pre-existing stereotype of foie gras-nibbling limousine liberalism, the better.

My favorite dishes are the foie gras and abolone or any dim sum dish.

They were starting the first and only foie gras farm in the United States.

One day, two guys entered the store with a fresh foie gras in their hands.

Afraid he got poisoned with some foie gras he ate—jolly good tack I call it—I'll have some more, please.

Bone two dozen larks, season, and put into each a piece of pt de foie gras (truffled).

Take a dozen larks, bone and stuff them with pt de foie gras, and make them as nearly as possible of the same size and shape.

Take out the trail, and add to it either three fowl livers or their equivalent in pt de foie gras.

Lawyer Ball, who had just taken in a delicious bonne bouche of the foie gras, bolted it whole in his surprise.

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