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MACAROON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Chewy cookie usually containing almond paste
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("macaroon" is a kind of...):
biscuit; cookie; cooky (any of various small flat sweet cakes ('biscuit' is the British term))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "macaroon"):
ratafia; ratafia biscuit (macaroon flavored with ratafia liqueur)
coconut macaroon (macaroon containing coconut)