noun

marzipan

mah-zih-PAN

noun

A sweet paste made from ground almonds, sugar, and egg white, often shaped or used to decorate cakes.

"She molded the marzipan into tiny fruit shapes for the cake."

"The Christmas cake was covered in a layer of marzipan before icing."

How to Use Marzipan

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishAn almond-and-sugar paste used in baking and cake decoration.

Common pairings

a layer of marzipan marzipan fruits covered in marzipan

marzipanned past tense, marzipans plural, marzipans singular

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Borrowed via German and Italian from Arabic mardaban, originally the name of a spice box, itself named after the Burmese port of Martaban.

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