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Definitions for Flan

[1] Spanish Cookery . a dessert of sweetened egg custard with a caramel topping.
[2] an open, tartlike pastry, the shell of which is baked in a bottomless band of metal (flan ring) on a baking sheet, removed from the ring and filled with custard, cream, fruit, etc.
[3] a piece of metal shaped ready to form a coin, but not yet stamped by the die.
[4] the metal of which a coin is made, as distinct from its design.
[5] an open pastry or sponge tart filled with fruit or a savoury mixture
[6] a piece of metal ready to receive the die or stamp in the production of coins; shaped blank; planchet

Words related to Flan

plate, platter, disc, shell, dish, circle, sabot, discus, quoit, saucer, discoid

Words nearby Flan

flaminius, flammable, flammarion, flamsteed, flamy, flan, flan ring, flanagan, flanch, flanders, flanders poppy

Origin of Flan

1840–50; < French; Old French flaon < Late Latin fladōn-, stem of fladō < Germanic; compare Old High German flado (German Fladen ) flat cake

Word origin for Flan

C19: from French, from Old French flaon , from Late Latin fladō flat cake, of Germanic origin

Synonyms for Flan

disc, plate, platter, circle, discus, dish, quoit, sabot, saucer, shell, discoid, discoidal