noun
escargot
es-kar-GOH/ˌɛskˈɑrɡoʊ/
A snail prepared or intended for eating, especially in French cuisine.
The escargots are served in their shells with garlic butter.
Etymology
Latin conchylium named edible shellfish; its descendant came to name a snail. The English culinary sense specializes that animal name to snails prepared as food.
In context
we're gonna start piping the butter onto the escargot.
More examples
- She ordered a small plate of escargot.
- The cook prepared each escargot in its shell.
- The menu offered escargots as an appetizer.
Forms
escargot · escargots
Similar words
- snail
- Snail names the animal generally; escargot usually refers to a snail prepared as food.