julienne
Other forms: julienned; juliennes
A chef makes a julienne when she cuts vegetables into thin strips. A recipe might call for a julienne of six carrots.
To make a neat, even julienne, you need a very sharp knife, a cutting board, and some vegetables. When you chop vegetables this way, you julienne them. The word comes from a soup of the same name, which is prepared with thin strips of vegetables garnishing it — in French a potage julienne.
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a vegetable cut into thin strips (usually used as a garnish)synonyms: julienne vegetable
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a clear soup garnished with thinly cut vegetablestype of:soupliquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food
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cut into long thin strips“julienne the potatoes”type of:cutseparate with or as if with an instrument
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