mousse

• POS: Noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

mousse, n. [F.].

•  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.]
•  Any of a variety of foods whipped to a light texture; as, a salmon mousse.  [PJC]
•  A foam containing special chemicals, used for styling hair.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

mousse, n.
1 a a dessert of whipped cream, eggs, etc., usu. flavoured with fruit or chocolate. b a meat or fish pur{eacute}e made with whipped cream etc.
2 a preparation applied to the hair enabling it to be styled more easily.

Etymology

F, = moss, froth

THESAURUS

mousse

Charlotte, Jell-O, blancmange, breakers, candy, carrot pudding, chocolate mousse, collar, comfit, compote, confection, confectionery, confiture, conserve, custard, duff, flan, foam, frosting, froth, gelatin, glaze, head, honey, icing, jam, jelly, junket, lather, marmalade, meringue, offscum, plum pudding, preserve, pudding, puff, rennet, scud, scum, sea foam, soapsuds, souffle, spindrift, spoondrift, spray, spume, steamed pudding, stinging, suds, surf, sweet, sweet stuff, sweetmeat, sweets, syllabub, tapioca pudding, trifle, tutti-frutti, vanilla pudding, whipped cream, white water