coulis

noun

cou·​lis kü-ˈlē 

: a sauce made with pureed vegetable or fruit and often used as a garnish

tomato coulis

raspberry coulis

Examples of coulis in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Make a coulis, a dessert sauce to pour over cheesecake, panna cotta or pavlova. — Carolynn Carreño, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026

At Sunda New Asian, Vanilla Ice Cream & Turon Spring Roll served with premium kaluga caviar, ube rice crispy, lychee, cookie flakes, seasonal fruit, passion fruit coulis, and ube glaze. — Aly Walansky, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026

Add the strawberry coulis and mix until well combined. — Amisha Gurbani, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Apr. 2026

Serve on a white plate with berry coulis. — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2025

Word History

Etymology

French, from Old French coleïs, from coleïs, coleïz flowing

First Known Use

1952, in the meaning defined above