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quiche

Noun
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

A savory open pie or tart, usually made with eggs, milk or cream, and fillings such as cheese or vegetables.

Detailed Definition
A quiche is a baked dish with a custard-like filling in a pastry crust. It is a fairly specific food term, so readers may know the dish but still pause to identify it in the poem’s list of things Pauline wants to protect.
Example
Example in poetry:
“To steal her quiche and fish pie” brings a familiar savory dish into comic domestic verse; “The cooling quiche filled the kitchen with thyme and cheese” uses concrete sensory imagery; “At midnight, he ate the last quiche by the blue refrigerator light” creates a contemporary scene; “A quiche on the windowsill can make a poem’s world ordinary and intimate”
Additional Notes
The word appears in the line about Pauline’s food, and many readers may know the dish only vaguely or not at all.; Found in the poem, Pauline and the Foxes' Folly by Richard
Also Known As
savory pie custard tart egg dish French quiche
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