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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. a rich, frothy, creamy dessert made with whipped egg whites and heavy cream;

2. a light creamy dish made from fish or meat and set with gelatin;

3. toiletry consisting of an aerosol foam used in hair styling;
[syn: mousse, hair mousse, hair gel]


VERB (1)

1. apply a styling gel to;
- Example: "she mousses her hair"
[syn: mousse, gel]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Mousse \Mousse\ (m[=oo]s), n. [F.] 1. (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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. Any of a variety of foods whipped to a light texture; as, a salmon mousse. [PJC] 3. A foam containing special chemicals, used for styling hair. [PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

mousse n 1: a rich, frothy, creamy dessert made with whipped egg whites and heavy cream 2: a light creamy dish made from fish or meat and set with gelatin 3: toiletry consisting of an aerosol foam used in hair styling [syn: mousse, hair mousse, hair gel] v 1: apply a styling gel to; "she mousses her hair" [syn: mousse, gel]