chartreusePronunciation: /ʃɑːˈtrəːz/Definition of chartreuse noun 1 [mass noun] a pale green or yellow liqueur made from brandy and aromatic herbs. a pale yellow or green colour resembling the liqueur chartreuse. 2a dish made in a mould using pieces of meat, game, vegetables, or (now most often) fruit in jelly. Origin:named after La Grande Chartreuse, the Carthusian monastery near Grenoble, where the liqueur (sense 1) was first made; sense 2 is an extended usechartreuse in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of chartreuse in the US English dictionary
