mousse
Meanings
noun
- An airy pudding served chilled, particularly chocolate mousse.
- A savory dish, of meat or seafood, containing gelatin.
- A styling cream used for hair.
- A stable emulsion of water and oil that is created by wave action churning the water where an oil spill occurs.
verb
- To apply mousse (styling cream).
Pronunciation
Word forms
Etymology
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.
Derived words
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