Usually means: Elegant, smooth, oval-shaped dumpling.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word quenelle:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. quenelle: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. quenelle: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. quenelle: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. quenelle: Collins English Dictionary
  5. quenelle: Wordnik
  6. quenelle: Wiktionary
  7. quenelle: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. quenelle: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. quenelle: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Quenelle, quenelle: Dictionary.com
  11. Quenelle (gesture), Quenelle: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Quenelle: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. quenelle: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. Quenelle: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. quenelle: Free Dictionary
  16. quenelle: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  17. quenelle: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Paris Cookbook (No longer online)
  2. Epicurus.com French Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Epicurus.com Food Glossary (No longer online)

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. BBC Food Glossary (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (quenelle)

noun:  (cooking) A light dumpling made of lightly spiced minced meat or fish bound with egg and poached.
noun:  (cooking) An elliptical shape moulded by chefs from soft foods using two spoons.
noun:  A gesture which is usually performed by pointing one arm diagonally downwards palm down, while touching the shoulder with the opposite hand, in a manner similar to an inverted Nazi salute.
verb:  (cooking) To form a quenelle.

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