bouchée

noun

A small pastry case filled with a savoury mixture, served as an hors d'oeuvre.

OriginFrench bouchée →
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Meanings

nounbouchée (plural bouchées)

plural bouchées

  1. A small pastry case filled with a savoury mixture, served as an hors d'oeuvre.

Origin

  1. Frenchbouchée
  2. Frenchbouchée
  3. Englishbouchée

Borrowed from French bouchée (“mouthful”).

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APA

bouchée. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bouch%C3%A9e

MLA

“bouchée.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bouch%C3%A9e. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bouchée,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bouch%C3%A9e.

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