mille

noun \ ˈmil \

Definition of mille

: thousand

Recent Examples of mille from the Web

The kitchen is especially adept at dessert, so save room for the pistachio mille-feuille.

— Fortune, "14 Perfect Date Night Ideas in Cities Around the World," 13 Feb. 2018
The country has so many bewildering layers of regulations that its system is known, unaffectionately, as mille-feuille, a reference to a densely layered pastry.

— david segal, New York Times, "As Brexit Looms, Paris Tries a Business Makeover," 10 Dec. 2017
More than just creating a geological mille feuille of our past, scientists warn that this phenomenon is also making a deep impact on our terrestrial future.

— starre vartan, Slate Magazine, "Humans Produce So Much Junk, We Are Creating a New Geological Layer," 29 Mar. 2017
That mille-feuille effect is one of the glories of repertory companies like this one, in which members of a resident troupe of actors play two or three different roles a week in a wide variety of productions.

— jesse green, New York Times, "A First-Time Visitor Inhales Stratford’s Theatrical Perfume," 14 Aug. 2017
Courtesy of Katie Sanders We continued the afternoon traversing Paris and enjoying mille-feuille in the public gardens of the Palais Royal.

— katie sanders, Marie Claire, "Three Generations, Two Young Women, and One Incredible Story of Survival in WWII," 16 May 2017
In a classically Prada move, the murals of the foundation’s canalside home are overlaid in places with cheap, temporary drywall facades — one more kind of layering in this brilliant mille-feuille of a show.

— jason farago, New York Times, "Venice Notebook: Samplers From a Biennale Banquet," 14 May 2017
Each strip was cut to specifications and monitored by sensor chips, yet the careful layering is that of a pastry chef preparing a mille-feuille slice.

— simon montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, "Can the Rust Belt become the 'Brain Belt'?," 1 May 2017

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