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US
/vəˈnɪɫə/
]
[ UK /vɐnˈɪlɐ/ ]
[ UK /vɐnˈɪlɐ/ ]
NOUN
- a distinctive fragrant flavor characteristic of vanilla beans
- a flavoring prepared from vanilla beans macerated in alcohol (or imitating vanilla beans)
- any of numerous climbing plants of the genus Vanilla having fleshy leaves and clusters of large waxy highly fragrant white or green or topaz flowers
ADJECTIVE
-
plain and without any extras or adornments
the most common type of bond is the straight or plain vanilla bond
the basic car is known as the vanilla version -
flavored with vanilla extract
he liked vanilla ice cream
How To Use vanilla In A Sentence
- Take the white of one egg, and measure just as much cold water; mix the two well, and stir stiff with confectioners 'sugar; add a little flavoring, vanilla, or almond, or pistache, and, for some candies, color with a tiny speck of fruit paste. A Little Cook Book for a Little Girl
- I have been finding the BBC a bit vanilla of late and will check out Channel 4 news instead.
- Serve with cream or vanilla ice cream. Times, Sunday Times
- Bring the caster sugar and 500 ml of water to the boil in a medium saucepan, then add the lemon juice, stem ginger, star anise and the vanilla pod.
- Remove mixture from heat and whisk in the brandy and vanilla essence.
- Instead of offering the traditional vanilla whip cones, these frozen feasts contain gammon and chicken ice cream.
- Which flavor do you want - chocolate or vanilla?
- Gradually whisk in beaten egg and vanilla essence.
- Add the milk and vanilla then blitz until the pastry comes together. The Sun
- For dessert they presented mouth-watering vanilla sabayon served in a champagne flute and layered with fresh fruit and biscuit.
