Meaning & use
à la mode
Served with a scoop of ice cream on top, especially describing a dessert like pie or cake.
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He ordered the warm apple pie à la mode with a generous scoop of vanilla ice cream.
The diner's specialty was chocolate cake à la mode, drizzled with caramel sauce.
A note on using this word
In American English à la mode almost always refers to the ice cream topping on desserts, while the original French phrase simply means 'fashionable' or 'in style.'
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