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CHARLOTTE: Dictionary Entry and Meaning

Pronunciation:  'shârlut, 'shârlut

Matching Terms:  Charlotte Anna Perkins Gilman, Charlotte Bronte, Charlotte Corday, charlotte russe, Charlottetown

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a mold lined with cake or crumbs and filled with fruit or whipped cream or custard
  2. [n]  the largest city in North Carolina; located in south central North Carolina
 
 Synonyms: The Queen City
 
 See Also: charlotte russe, city, dessert, metropolis, NC, North Carolina, Old North State, Tar Heel State, urban center

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Char"lotte\, n. [F.]
A kind of pie or pudding made by lining a dish with slices of
bread, and filling it with bread soaked in milk, and baked.
{Charlotte Russe}, or {Charlotte [`a] la russe} [F., lit.,
   Russian charlotte] (Cookery), a dish composed of custard
   or whipped cream, inclosed in sponge cake.
 

 

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