fleur de sel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Floating salt crystals skimmed from the surface of evaporation ponds, used in cooking.

Word forms

fleur de sel fleurs de sel

Etymology

Borrowed from French fleur de sel (literally “salt flower, salt blossom”).

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