Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small crisp piece of toasted or fried bread.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small piece of bread dipped in melted butter and toasted in the oven, or fried in hot butter or fat: used in soups and to garnish various types of stewed dishes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Cookery) Bread cut in various forms, and fried lightly in butter or oil, to garnish hashes, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A small, often
seasoned , piece of dry or fried bread.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a small piece of toasted or fried bread; served in soup or salads
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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You can also add a thick slice of bread toasted with some cheese on top as a crouton.
Laura Kumin: Stone Soup Takes the Chill Off Laura Kumin 2011
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You can also add a thick slice of bread toasted with some cheese on top as a crouton.
Laura Kumin: Stone Soup Takes the Chill Off Laura Kumin 2011
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Tom hated Dale's raw potatoes and the overly mustarded crouton, and Tom and Besh hated the fact that you couldn't even taste the fish.
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You can also add a thick slice of bread toasted with some cheese on top as a crouton.
Laura Kumin: Stone Soup Takes the Chill Off Laura Kumin 2011
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Everyone noted the undercooked potato, and that the crouton was over-mustarded.
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Dale: amberjack stew with andouille sausage and potatoes, and a creole mustard crouton.
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Ramsay de Give for The Wall Street Journal Mussels in lobster broth with orange, basil and a saffron crouton is shown here.
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A recent visit started with fat pillows of gnocchi, dreamily rich with mushrooms and parmesan, plus watercress for bite ($12); and mussels in lobster broth, with orange, basil and a saffron crouton ($12).
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I made a series of mental contracts—stop here, okay here, okay here—that were quickly broken, until all that was left was one lonely crouton, soggy in dressing.
Less Is More of a Good Thing Jason Gay 2011
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“When you hop up from the futon and all you left was a wet crouton.”
SNL Sports All-Stars Special January 31 Hosted by ESPN Classic Commentators (Video) 2010
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