Definition of TRUFFLE

truffle

Plural: truffles

Noun

  • An edible, highly prized subterranean fungus.
  • any of various highly prized edible subterranean fungi of the genus Tuber; grow naturally in southwestern Europe
  • edible subterranean fungus of the genus Tuber
  • creamy chocolate candy
  • Any of various edible fungi, of the genus Tuber, that grow in the soil in southern Europe; the earthnut.
  • Ellipsis of chocolate truffle (“creamy chocolate confection, in the form of a ball, covered with cocoa powder”).

Examples

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Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from French trufle, a variant of truffe (whence also Danish and Norwegian trøffel, Swedish tryffel, German Trüffel), from Old Occitan trufa, a metathesis of Late Latin tufera (plural), from Latin tūber (“truffle”).

Synonyms

chocolate truffle, earth-ball, earthnut

Scrabble Score: 13

truffle: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
truffle: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
truffle: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

truffle: valid Words With Friends Word