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Almond-and-orange-flower flavoring
Answer for the clue "Almond-and-orange-flower flavoring ", 6 letters:
orgeat
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Word definitions for orgeat in dictionaries
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A sweet syrup made from sugar and almonds (or originally barley) and rose water or orange flower water.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Orgeat \Or"geat\, n. [F., fr. orge barley, L. hordeum.] A sirup in which, formerly, a decoction of barley entered, but which is now prepared with an emulsion of almonds, -- used to flavor beverages or edibles.
Usage examples of orgeat.
Around the outside, small groups formed and re-formed at tables laid out with orgeat punch and tiny insipid cakes.
From his own bartending days he remembered the ingredients-herbsaint, white of an egg, cream, orgeat syrup, and a dash of anisette.
There was nothing stronger to drink than orgeat or lemonade, and the sandwiches were already curling at the edges in a tired way as if this were not their first ball.
Or perhaps she would jump off a cliff and get it over with, she thought, frowning so fiercely that a waiter, about to offer her more orgeat, withdrew hastily.
The surroundings were unimpressive, the refreshments, which were of no higher order than tea, lemonade, or orgeat, small stale cakes or bread and butter, were paltry, and the entertainment was limited to dancing or a few hands of whist or vingt-et-un, and yet admission into its hallowed halls was the goal of every socially ambitious female in the country.
He noticed neither the shimmering candles nor the fiddle, fife and drum, nor the orgeat and syllabub.
The available refreshments consisted of tea, lemonade or orgeat, with bread and butter or slightly stale cakes.
Sebastian exchanged bows with Chomley, returning with a glass of orgeat, then turned back to Helena and reached for her hand.
Lisanne sipped tepid orgeat brought by some lordling produced by Sally Jersey as a suitable partner.
Who needed stale bread and orgeat and unfledged chicks every Wednesday night?
Stale cakes, buttered bread, and orgeat so foul-tasting that it threatens illness.