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Definition of melba in English English dictionary: A dessert made originally from peach (now from other fruits), ice cream, and raspberry; {i} raspberry dessert sauce; Australian operatic soprano (1861-1931)
melba toast: very thin crisp brown toast
Peach Melba: Peach Melba: classic French dessert, combing peaches and raspberry sauce accompanied with vanilla ice cream
Dame Nellie Melba: orig. Helen Porter Mitchell born May 19, 1861, Richmond, near Melbourne, Austl. died Feb. 23, 1931, Sydney Australian soprano. After study with Mathilde Marchesi (1821-1913) in Paris, she debuted in Brussels in Rigoletto (1887), and in the next six years she sang in all the major opera houses of the world. One of the most celebrated coloraturas in the years preceding World War I, she sang mostly at Covent Garden after 1902. Concentrating on a few Italian and French operas, she possessed abundant technique and vocal beauty. Two foods, Melba toast and peach Melba, were named for her
Peach Melba: half a peach served with ice cream and raspberry juice
peach Melba: type of dessert made from peaches
peach melba: ice cream and peaches with a liqueur

melba

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Mel·ba

melbı

/ˈmelbə/ /ˈmɛlbə/

[ 'mel-b&- ] (noun.) 1925. From Peach Melba, a dish invented for Nellie Melba, an Australian opera singer. .

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