noun
spumoni
spuh-MOH-nee/spumˈoʊni/
An Italian molded ice cream dessert combining different flavors and fruit.
The restaurant serves slices of spumoni with colorful layers and fruit.
Etymology
Italian spumone, the dessert name, comes from spuma, “foam.” The name therefore carries a foam image into its use for this layered ice cream.
In context
someone on YouTube said that I have not had real spumoni ice cream yet
More examples
- She presses the layers of spumoni into a chilled mold.
- This spumoni combines chocolate, pistachio, and cherry ice cream with candied fruit.
- We share a slice of spumoni after dinner.
Forms
spumoni
Similar words
- gelato
- Gelato need not be molded or combine flavors and fruit.
- Neapolitan ice cream
- Usually combines chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry layers without fruit pieces.