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chartreuse
/ʃɑɹˈtɹuːz/
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What does chartreuse mean?
noun
- A yellow or green liqueur made by Carthusian monks.
- A greenish-yellow color.
- A kind of enamelled pottery.
More meanings (3)
noun
- A French dish of vegetables (and sometimes meat) wrapped tightly in a decorative layer of salad or vegetable leaves and cooked in a dome-shaped mould.
adjective
- Of a bright yellowish-green colour.
proper noun
- A female given name from English.
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IPA pronunciation
/ʃɑɹˈtɹuːz/
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The same subtle influence pervaded the Chartreuse a la cardinal, the roast capon and salad, and the sweet.
They took refuge in the Chartreuse monastery of Valdemosa, where they lived in a cell.
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Fenayrou had three bocks, Lucien one, and Madame another glass of chartreuse.
In some abbeys the purchase of books, and the copying of them for sale, became just as much a business as the manufacture of Chartreuse.
All the couriers in Europe spurring rowel-deep make no stir in Mr. White's little Chartreuse;(1) but the arrival of the house-martin a day earlier or later than last year is a piece of news worth sending express to all his correspondents.