NOUVELLE CUISINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nouvelle cuisine mean? 

• NOUVELLE CUISINE (noun)
  The noun NOUVELLE CUISINE has 1 sense:

1. a school of French cooking that uses light sauces and tries to bring out the natural flavors of foods instead of making heavy use of butter and cream

  Familiarity information: NOUVELLE CUISINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NOUVELLE CUISINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A school of French cooking that uses light sauces and tries to bring out the natural flavors of foods instead of making heavy use of butter and cream

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("nouvelle cuisine" is a kind of...):

cuisine; culinary art (the practice or manner of preparing food or the food so prepared)

Domain region:

France; French Republic (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe)