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Look up: trifle

  1. Trifle
    Trifle is a sweet dish of sponge-cakes flavoured with wine or jam and topped with custard and whipped cream.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  2. trifle
    [n] - jam-spread sponge cake soaked in wine served with custard sauce
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. trifle
    occupational injury with so negligible consequences that no compensation will be granted under the law Category: Medicine
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  4. trifle
    1. A thing of very little value or importance; a paltry, or trivial, affair. 'With such poor trifles playing.' (Drayton) 'Trifles light as air Are to the jealous confirmation strong As proofs of holy writ.' (Shak) 'Small sands the mountain, moments make year, And frifles life.' (Young) ... 2. A dish composed of sweetmeats, fruits, cake, wine, etc, w ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  5. trifle
    noun sponge cake spread with jam and soaked in wine; served with a custard sauce
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  6. Trifle
    A `trifle` is a dessert dish made from thick (or often solidified) custard, fruit, sponge cake, fruit juice or, more recently, jelly (gelatin), and whipped cream. These ingredients are usually arranged in layers with fruit and sponge on the bottom, and custard and cream on top. Some trifles contain a small amount of alcohol such as port, or, most commonly, sweet sherry or madeira wine. Non-alcoholic versions use fruit juice instead, as the liqui...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trifle

  7. Trifle
    • (n.) To act or talk without seriousness, gravity, weight, or dignity; to act or talk with levity; to indulge in light or trivial amusements. • (v. t.) To make of no importance; to treat as a trifle. • (n.) A thing of very little value or importance; a paltry, or trivial, affair. • (n.) A dish composed of sweetmeats, fruits, ca...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning


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