[
US
/bɫəˈmɑndʒ/
]
[ UK /bləmˈɒnʒ/ ]
[ UK /bləmˈɒnʒ/ ]
NOUN
- sweet almond-flavored milk pudding thickened with gelatin or cornstarch; usually molded
How To Use blancmange In A Sentence
- And it is weird to get off a boring old commuter train to be faced on the platform with a vast embonpoint, half swathed in shiny scarlet shantung silk, half exposed, like being attacked by a giant blancmange with strawberries. Simon Hoggart's week: Olympic chiefs have built a Brigadoon for the rich
- She looks like a double helping of pink blancmange, and about as exciting.
- Once he had been up to his knees in a tempting blancmanger-like lake of lime, many times had he hammered or cut his fingers, and once his legs had gone through the new drawing-room ceiling, where he hung by the petticoats screaming till rescued by his brother. The Young Step-Mother
- A car is heterogeneous: unlike a blancmange, almost any portion of the car is different from other portions.
- Immense vases and candelabras of alabaster were placed at different distances on the table, and hundreds of porcelain dishes were filled with sweetmeats and fruits – sweetmeats of every description, from the little meringue called "mouthful for a queen," to the blancmanger made of suprême de volaille and milk. Life in Mexico, During a Residence of Two Years in That Country
- This exercise is helpful for those whose bottoms have grown to resemble a blancmange.
- `You know, Lily, bumping into you these days is like being battered with pink blancmange. LOOKING FOR THE SPARK
- Taste wise - the blancmanger is incredibly light and soft, the closest description is that it's like eating clouds not that we've eaten them but you get the picture. Archive 2006-02-01
- May I have some more of the pink blancmange please?
- This exercise is helpful for those whose bottoms have grown to resemble a blancmange.