1
: a dessert topping consisting of a baked mixture of stiffly beaten egg whites and sugar
2
: a shell made of meringue and filled with fruit or ice cream
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If the sky-high meringue doesn't assure you, one bite of the creamy pudding will.
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Mary Alice Russell, Southern Living, 10 May 2026
Martha's Swiss meringue buttercream is less sweet than other frostings and spreads beautifully into swoops and swirls.
—Martha Stewart, 8 May 2026
The pool-scape is the most quintessentially Palm Springs area of the home, lined with loungers under the meringue yellow umbrellas and encompassing a hot tub that lights up for night-time swims.
—Kristine Hansen, Architectural Digest, 30 Apr. 2026
Airy meringue frosts this tender, lime-and-coconut cake.
—Hannah Agran, Midwest Living, 29 Apr. 2026
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Mary Alice Russell, Southern Living, 10 May 2026
Martha's Swiss meringue buttercream is less sweet than other frostings and spreads beautifully into swoops and swirls.
—Martha Stewart, 8 May 2026
The pool-scape is the most quintessentially Palm Springs area of the home, lined with loungers under the meringue yellow umbrellas and encompassing a hot tub that lights up for night-time swims.
—Kristine Hansen, Architectural Digest, 30 Apr. 2026
Airy meringue frosts this tender, lime-and-coconut cake.
—Hannah Agran, Midwest Living, 29 Apr. 2026
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“Meringue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/meringue. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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meringue
noun
me·ringue
mə-ˈraŋ 
1
: a mixture of beaten egg white and sugar put on pies or cakes and browned
2
: a shell of baked meringue filled with fruit or ice cream
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