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Try it in a spring salad with crispy chicken and bacony croutons.—Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 11 Feb. 2026 The many salads are topped with their homemade polenta croutons.—Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 10 Feb. 2026 To appeal to the masses this one includes cheese dip and crushed croutons.—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Feb. 2026 Boson croutons Instead of hunting for quark pairs, Lee and colleagues looked for quarks travelling in unison with a neutral elementary particle called a Z-boson, which has little effect on its surroundings.—Robert Lea, Space.com, 30 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for crouton
Word History
Etymology
French croûton, diminutive of croûte crust, from Middle French crouste, from Old French, from Latin crusta