Definition of Truffles

1. Noun. (plural of truffle) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Truffles

1. truffle [n] - See also: truffle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Truffles

truepennies
truepenny
truer
trues
truest
truffe
truffes
trufficulture
truffle
truffle hog
truffle hogs
truffle oil
truffle oils
truffled
trufflelike
truffles (current term)
truffley
truffling
truffly
trug
trugg
trugging-house
trugging-houses
trugs
truing
truism
truismatic
truisms
truistic

Literary usage of Truffles

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Foods and Their Adulteration: Origin, Manufacture, and Composition of Food by Harvey Washington Wiley (1911)
"For the purpose of keeping truffles in good condition during transit they ... truffles may also be preserved indefinitely by sterilization. ..."

2. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"truffles, underground fungi, used as food; those of commerce belonging to the ... truffles are generally found in calcareous soils, and always in woods, ..."

3. A New System of Domestic Cookery: Formed Upon Principles of Economy and by Maria Eliza Ketelby Rundell (1824)
"Poulet aux Truffes—Fowl with truffles. Bone and skin a fine young fowl; take the odd bits of it, four ounces of green truffles, a small carrot (both in thin ..."

4. European and American Cuisine by Mrs. Gesine Knubel Lemcke, Gesine Lemcke (1914)
"truffles. How and where they grow. truffles are an underground fungi used as ... truffles are generally found in calcareous soils and always in woods of oak ..."

5. The Microscopy of Vegetable Foods: With Special Reference to the Detection by Andrew Lincoln Winton, Josef Moeller, Kate Grace Barber Winton (1916)
"The descriptions which follow are designed merely to aid in detecting adulteration and not to distinguish edible from poisonous species. truffles. ..."

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