ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Aspic

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈæspɪk/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Aspic is a noun meaning A meat or fish jelly.

Meaning

A meat or fish jelly.

More Meanings

  1. A dish in which ingredients are set into a gelatine, jelly-like substance made from a meat stock or consommé.
  2. Aspish; relating to an asp, a small venomous snake of Egypt.
  3. (obsolete, poetic) An asp, a small venomous snake of Egypt.
  4. (obsolete) A light cannon firing a two-pound ball.

Example Sentences

“Put a little aspic in the mould, so as to cover the bottom ···“
Timeless mother, / How is it that your aspic nipples / For once vent honey?
This is an aspic's trail: and these fig-leaves / Have slime upon them, such as the aspic leaves.
"I don't know what you mean, Mr. Wynand," whispered Keating. His eyes fixed upon the tomato aspic on his salad plate; it was soft and shivering; it made him sick.

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Related dictionary entries include aspick, jelly, gelatin, mousse, anmitsu, catflesh.

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