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flans

/flænz/ /flɑnz/

Meanings
noun
Baked tart with sweet or savoury filling in an open-topped pastry case. (Compare quiche.)

Examples :

"For dessert, the bakery offered a selection of sweet flans, including apple, blueberry, and custard. "
food

Related Words

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convention noun

/kənˈvɛn.ʃən/

A meeting or gathering.

"The convention was held in Geneva."

Illustration including

including verb

/ɪnˈkluːdɪŋ/

To bring into a group, class, set, or total as a (new) part or member.

"I will purchase the vacation package if you will include car rental."

Illustration countries

countries noun

/ˈkʌntɹiz/

(chiefly British) An area of land; a district, region.

"The rolling hills and quaint villages are typical features of the countries surrounding Oxford. "

Illustration planchet

planchet noun

/ˈplænʃɪt/ /ˈplɑːnʃɪt/

A flat disk of metal used as a blank for stamping a coin.

"The factory worker fed the shiny, blank planchets into the coin press. "

Illustration especially

especially adverb

/əˈspɛʃ(ə)li/

(manner) In a special manner; specially.

"My sister is very helpful, especially when it comes to organizing things. "

Illustration different

different noun

/ˈdɪf.(ə)ɹ.ənt/

The different ideal.

"My family has a different ideal for my future than I do. "

Illustration selection

selection noun

/səˈlɛkʃən/

A process by which heritable traits conferring survival and reproductive advantage to individuals, or related individuals, tend to be passed on to succeeding generations and become more frequent in a population, whereas other less favourable traits tend to become eliminated; the differential survival and reproduction of phenotypes.

"The selection process for the school's scholarship program favored students with high academic achievement. "

Illustration everyone

everyone pronoun

/ˈɛv.ɹi.wʌn/

Every person.

"Everyone in the class needs to bring their textbook to the first lecture. "

Illustration displayed

displayed verb

/dɪsˈpleɪd/

To show conspicuously; to exhibit; to demonstrate; to manifest.

"The store displayed the new fall clothing in its front window. "

Illustration congealed

congealed verb

/kənˈdʒiːld/ /kɑnˈdʒiːld/

To change from a liquid to solid state perhaps by cold

"The gravy on my plate congealed as it got cold. "

Illustration speaking

speaking adjective

/ˈspiːˌkiŋ/

Used in speaking.

"The speaking portion of the exam made me nervous. "

Illustration blueberry

blueberry noun

/ˈbluːb(ə)ɹi/ /ˈblu.ˌbɛ.ɹi/

An edible round berry, belonging to the cowberry group (Vaccinium sect. Cyanococcus), with flared crowns at the end, that turns blue on ripening.

"My grandmother's garden produced a plentiful crop of blueberries this summer. "