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mayonnaise


may·on·naise

noun \ˈmā-ə-ˌnāz, ˌmā-ə-ˈ\

Definition of MAYONNAISE

: a dressing made chiefly of egg yolks, vegetable oils, and vinegar or lemon juice
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Origin of MAYONNAISE

French
First Known Use: 1841

Rhymes with MAYONNAISE

anyways, chrysoprase, color phase, cornerways, crème anglaise, holidays, hollandaise, Louis Seize, Louis Treize, lyonnaise, metaphrase, nowadays, out of phase, overglaze, overgraze, paraphrase, photophase, polonaise, polyphase, single-phase, underglaze

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