Noun: charlotte shaa(r)-lut
- A mould lined with cake or crumbs and filled with fruit or whipped cream or custard
"The apple charlotte was a perfect autumn dessert"
- [Brit] A hot dessert made with fruit baked with a covering of bread or breadcrumbs
"Apple charlotte was served as the final course"
- The largest city in North Carolina; located in south central North Carolina
- Queen City
Derived forms: charlottes
Type of: afters [Brit, informal], city, dessert, metropolis, sweet [Brit], urban center [US], urban centre [Brit, Cdn]
Part of: N.C., NC, North Carolina, Old North State, Tar Heel State
Encyclopedia: Charlotte, Queen consort of the United Kingdom