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Synonyms for vanilla

Grammar : Adj
Spell : vuh-nil-uh or, often, -nel-uh
Phonetic Transcription : vəˈnɪl ə or, often, -ˈnɛl ə

Top 10 synonyms for vanilla
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Définition of vanilla

Origin :
  • 1660s, from Spanish vainilla "vanilla plant," literally "little pod," diminutive of vaina "sheath," from Latin vagina "sheath" (see vagina). So called from the shape of the pods. European discovery 1521 by Hernando Cortes' soldiers on reconnaissance in southeastern Mexico. Meaning "conventional, of ordinary sexual preferences" is 1970s, from notion of whiteness and the common choice of vanilla ice cream.
  • adj simple, unadorned
Example sentences :
  • While pulling, flavor with vanilla and a few drops of lemon.
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • Add the butter and vanilla, cool, and fill into the éclairs.
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 4 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • There was an odour of pomade and vanilla that made me feel sick.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • Flavour with vanilla, and put into a buttered mould with a well in the centre.
  • Extract from : « The Skilful Cook » by Mary Harrison
  • Boil the milk, pour it over the crumbs, and add the vanilla essence.
  • Extract from : « The Skilful Cook » by Mary Harrison
  • Make a thick cream as for Charlotte Russe, and flavour with vanilla.
  • Extract from : « The Skilful Cook » by Mary Harrison
  • Instead of vanilla a little orange or lemon peel may be substituted.
  • Extract from : « Desserts and Salads » by Gesine Lemcke
  • This sauce may also be flavored with vanilla or lemon extract.
  • Extract from : « Desserts and Salads » by Gesine Lemcke
  • The flowers of the vanilla are of a greenish yellow, touched here and there with white.
  • Extract from : « Aztec Land » by Maturin M. Ballou
  • Mix this with half-an-ounce of Nelson's Gelatine and flavour with vanilla.
  • Extract from : « Nelson's Home Comforts » by Mary Hooper
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