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Meanings of chinoise in English

A type of colander, generally having a conical shape, with a very fine mesh, used in particular to filter sauces.

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        Examples for "chinois"
        Examples for "chinois"
        1
        We particularly like a conical-shaped French sieve called a chinois.
        The cook's illustrated how-to-cook library
        2
        Strain through a chinois and reserve to one side.
        The South African
        3
        A very excellent example is to be found in Chinese history, according to E. R. Huc, who, in his L' Empire chinois (tom.
        The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
        4
        They followed that with Chinois on Main, in Santa Monica.
        The new yorker
        5
        Poe\me traduit du Chinois par le Marquis d'Hervey-Saint-Denys.
        A Lute of Jade : Selections from the Classical Poets of China
        Usage of chinoise in English
        1
        He looked around the dining room, furnished with faux chinoise screens, oriental rugs, angular art-glass chandeliers.
        Super Man and the Bug Out
        2
        Tschaikowsky borrowed the effect for the conclusion of the Chinoise in a miniature orchestral suite.
        Chopin : the Man and His Music
        3
        In La Chinoise, Godard fed Wiazemsky her lines through an earpiece, breathing his words through her mouth.
        The Guardian
        4
        Emulate her aesthetic with this Chinoise-inspired printed cotton bed linen in the Butterfly collection by Matthew Williamson at Debenhams (debenhams.ie).
        The Irish Times
        5
        Yes, monsieur's note had been left that afternoon, Madame remembered, by une petite Chinoise, bien chic, who had asked if Monsieur lived here.
        The Nest Builder: A Novel
        6
        The situation is not elevated nor beautiful, and little improvements made of late, but some silly ones 'a la Chinoise, by the present Dowager.
        The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4
        7
        Opposite this popular resort was the Théâtre de Seraphim, famed for its "ombres chinoises," and liberally patronized by the frequenters of the Palais Royal.
        Calvert of Strathore
        Frequent collocations
        Chinoise through the time