cannolilike

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adjective

Resembling cannoli.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

adjectivecannolilike (comparative more cannolilike, superlative most cannolilike)

comparative more cannolilike · superlative most cannolilike

  1. Resembling cannoli.

    The tourists had slices of gjetost, a caramel-colored cheese, and krumkaker, a cannolilike pastry roll filled with lingonberry jam and whipped cream.

    2009 May 15, Joseph Berger, “Changing Tastes, From Lingonberry to Baba Ghanouj”, in The New York Times
    2 more examples

    Among many masa dishes is a cannolilike dessert: Masa is molded around a tube, deep-fried, cooled, sugar dusted, then filled with pumpkin seed mousse and tipped with finely minced fresh mint.

    1992, Food Arts, volume 5, page 246

    Crushed ginger snaps were rolled into a cannolilike shape and filled with whipped cream, strawberries and kiwifruit, more of which were arranged on the plate.

    1997 March 14, Pat Bruno, “Cooking school cuisine // Hospitality eatery passes pop quiz”, in Chicago Sun-Times

Origin

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APA

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MLA

“cannolilike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cannolilike. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cannolilike,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cannolilike.

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