Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mousse"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mousse \Mousse\ (m[=oo]s), n. [F.] (Cookery)
A frozen dessert of a frothy texture, made of sweetened and
flavored whipped cream, sometimes with the addition of egg
yolks and gelatin. Mousse differs from ice cream in being
beaten before -- not during -- the freezing process.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
mousse
n 1: a light creamy dish made from fish or meat and set with
gelatin
2: a light creamy dessert set with gelatin
3: toiletry consisting of an aerosol foam used in hair styling
[syn: {hair mousse}, {hair gel}]
v : apply mousse to; of hair [syn: {gel}]
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