chartreuse
A yellow or green liqueur made by Carthusian monksA yellow or green liqueur made by Carthusian monks.
Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)A yellow or green liqueur made by Carthusian monks.
a shade of green tinged with yellow
(countable, uncountable)A greenish-yellow color.
(countable, uncountable)A kind of enamelled pottery.
(countable, uncountable)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.
Origin
Borrowed from French chartreuse. Doublet of charterhouse.Borrowed from French chartreuse. Doublet of charterhouse.
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Forms
plural: chartreuses| Singular | chartreuse |
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Synonyms
4 synonyms- a shade of green tinged with yellow:yellow greenyellowish greenParis greenpea green
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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