Mousse
n.- (Cookery) A frozen dessert of a frothy texture, made of sweetened and flavored whipped cream, sometimes with the addition of egg yolks and gelatin. Mousse differs from ice cream in being beaten before -- not during -- the freezing process.
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Any of a variety of foods whipped to a light texture;
as, a salmon .mousse - A foam containing special chemicals, used for styling hair.
