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tuile

/twiːl/

Sounds like tweel, tuille · Rhymes with -iːl

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Borrowed from French tuile (“tile”). Doublet of tile and tuille.

noun tuiles

A type of thin, papery cookie, often bent into fancy shapes and added as garnish to dishes or desserts. Finally, there was a grilled rib of beef in an herb and pistachio crust that sat on […] a cylindrical garnish of layered sweet potato and red pepper purée, pearls of glazed garlic and a thin Parmesan tuile.

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@misc{tuile_2026,
  title = {tuile},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tuile},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}