Papillote

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A small piece of aluminum foil or parchment paper, wrapped around food during cooking.

    "cooked en papillote"

  2. 2
    A small piece of paper used to roll up hair to make it curl. in-plural, often

    "Emily Arundel stood by the dressing-table. The last curl of her dark hair had received its last braid of pearls; the professor of papillotes had decided, and she quite agreed with him, that à la Calypso best suited with her Grecian style of feature."

Synonyms

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curl papercurlpaper

Example

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"Remove from the oven and allow to rest for about 5 minutes before opening the papillote. Be very careful when you open it, since the papillote fills up with steam while it's cooking and it can be very hot."

Etymology

Borrowed from French papillote.

Related phrases

aluminium foilparchment paper

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