MACAROON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does macaroon mean? 

• MACAROON (noun)
  The noun MACAROON has 1 sense:

1. chewy cookie usually containing almond paste

  Familiarity information: MACAROON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MACAROON (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)