How do you use Aspic in a sentence? See 9 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like gelatin or jelly, plus the exact meaning.
Aspic in a sentence
Aspic meaning
- A meat or fish jelly.
- A dish in which ingredients are set into a gelatine, jelly-like substance made from a meat stock or consommé.
- An asp, a small venomous snake of Egypt.
Using Aspic
- The main meaning on this page is: A meat or fish jelly. | A dish in which ingredients are set into a gelatine, jelly-like substance made from a meat stock or consommé. | An asp, a small venomous snake of Egypt.
- Useful related words include: gelatin, jelly.
- In the example corpus, aspic often appears in combinations such as: in aspic, an aspic, aspic for.
Context around Aspic
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 4 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Aspic
- In this selection, "aspic" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, etc stand out and add context to how "aspic" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include be an aspic and carp in aspic etc universal. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "aspic" sits close to words such as aardwolf, aargau and abacos, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with aspic
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But there might be an aspic. (6 words)
The Ancient Romans used to eat mice in aspic. (9 words)
The album contains the fourth instalment of "Larks' Tongues in Aspic". (11 words)
Carp provides a main component of the Christmas Eve meal across Poland; carp fillet, carp in aspic etc. Universal Polish Christmas foods are pierogi as well as some herring dishes, and for dessert, makowiec or noodles with poppy seed. (39 words)
It's been frozen in aspic for too long." citation In 2014, the BBC announced that they will rebuild the EastEnders set, citation to secure the long-term future of the show, with completion expected to be in 2018. (39 words)
Potted meats in aspic (a gel made from gelatine and clarified meat broth) were a common way of serving meat off-cuts in the UK until the 1950s. (28 words)
Example sentences (9)
But there might be an aspic.
One afternoon, however, Jonesy became startled when a massive cockroach with an aspic for a head began eating his humans.
Like all good intentions, this remains more or less preserved in aspic; if you never stick to it, you never need to update it.
The Ancient Romans used to eat mice in aspic.
Carp provides a main component of the Christmas Eve meal across Poland; carp fillet, carp in aspic etc. Universal Polish Christmas foods are pierogi as well as some herring dishes, and for dessert, makowiec or noodles with poppy seed.
It's been frozen in aspic for too long." citation In 2014, the BBC announced that they will rebuild the EastEnders set, citation to secure the long-term future of the show, with completion expected to be in 2018.
Potted meats in aspic (a gel made from gelatine and clarified meat broth) were a common way of serving meat off-cuts in the UK until the 1950s.
The album contains the fourth instalment of "Larks' Tongues in Aspic".
This band includes and interprets King Crimson compositions (from the Larks' Tongues In Aspic to Power to Believe periods) in their live sets.
Common combinations with aspic
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in aspic 7×
- an aspic 2×
- aspic for 2×