n. A simple dessert made by cooking sweetened milk with cornstarch and vanilla
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A preparation for desserts, etc., made from isinglass, sea moss, cornstarch, or other gelatinous or starchy substance, with mild, usually sweetened and flavored, and shaped in a mold.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. In cookery, a name of different preparations of the consistency of jelly, variously composed of dissolved isinglass, arrowroot, corn-starch, etc., with milk and flavoring substances.
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n. sweet almond-flavored milk pudding thickened with gelatin or cornstarch; usually molded
Word Usage
"To serve, dip the jelly mould into a bowl of hot water to loosen the blancmange from the mould, then quickly turn it out into the centre of a serving plate."