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chiffon adjective

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Definition

describes food which is made light, especially by adding the clear part of eggs which have been beaten
lemon chiffon pie

(Definition of chiffon adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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