crouton
- n a small piece of toasted or fried bread; served in soup or salads
- As inevitable as a cheese crouton in tomato bisque is Fujiyama in the background of a Japanese print.
- At the center of their protest is the circumflex accent, a little hat the French occasionally put over vowels (as in chateau and hotel, crouton and maitre).
- THERE'S A GIRL IN MY SOUPbut it might as well be a crouton.