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foie

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for foie.

Editorial note

Does that mean I should, if I can't afford to eat foie gras?

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Quick take

(colloquial) Ellipsis of foie gras. [The fattened liver of geese or ducks, used for gourmet cooking.]

Meaning at a glance

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noun

(colloquial) Ellipsis of foie gras. [The fattened liver of geese or ducks, used for gourmet cooking.]

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for foie.

noun

(colloquial) Ellipsis of foie gras. [The fattened liver of geese or ducks, used for gourmet cooking.]

Example sentences

1

Does that mean I should, if I can't afford to eat foie gras?

2

That data center is going to be staffed by sysadmins fed on champagne and foie gras, with octuple off-site backups.

3

Some things in France are nice (pate de foie gras at the French senate).

4

This is a fillet steak topped with foie gras and served with black truffles.

5

Anti-fur and anti foie gras has also been much more effective than anti-meat.

6

I think he still serves foie-gras- goose liver that gets engorged to 10x its normal size due to force feeding.

7

You aren't the customer; you're the veal cow, the foie gras goose.

8

Pound for pound, about the same as black swan foie gras.

9

AOL has proven that as long as a sizable portion of your users are technically inept, you can extract value out of them like foie gras.

10

The median foie gras industry is not La Belle Farms.

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> Does that mean I should, if I can't afford to eat foie gras?

12

If I’m lucky, I’ll field questions about foie gras burgers, daily massages, or what it’s like to work with a bunch of clueless bros.

Quote examples

1

Like "people who eat foie gras are leaner", which is probably true too.

2

So your tablet argument becomes: "if I can't afford the foie gras, I shouldn't bother with a decent cheese plate either", which is obviously wrong for a variety of reasons (including that some people just don't like foie gras).

3

>but high on his newfound power drank four or five “special” drinks from the craft cocktail bar, Canon, ordered the foie gras, and racked up a $200 bill in less than two hours.

4

"Foie gras production should be judged not by the worst farms, but by the best, because those are the ones that I'm going to choose to buy my foie from if at all." This is an interesting assumption which is not novel to foie gras advocates.

Proper noun examples

1

Foie gras likely isn't good for you, cabbage, egg and rice is probably a much better diet.

2

Foie gras is inefficient on every possible food production for energy/resource metric.

3

Foie gras is like $40 or so (I didn't see it on Canon's menu)?

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use foie in a sentence?

Does that mean I should, if I can't afford to eat foie gras?

What does foie mean?

(colloquial) Ellipsis of foie gras. [The fattened liver of geese or ducks, used for gourmet cooking.]

What part of speech is foie?

foie is commonly used as noun.