: the dried leaf of the European laurel (Laurus nobilis) used in cooking
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Instead of just pouring in milk, warm it first with aromatics: cardamom pods, citrus peel, bay leaf, star anise, even a bruised sprig of basil.—Rai Mincey, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025 Flavors like coffee and donuts, toasted hay sorghum chip, bay leaf raspberry crisp, and coconut lemongrass already made his business stand out, and that only expanded when Retta's opened a brick and mortar earlier this year.—Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 10 Jan. 2025 Heat briefly, add the bay leaf, pepper and sugar and stir to blend.—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2025 For both vermouth and aperol, adding mint or bay leaf will bring out the herbal notes in the liquors.—Amy Brightfield, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for bay leaf
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