a la mode

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Adjective

a la mode (not comparable)

1. Fashionable; in the current style or fashion.
2. (US) Served with ice cream.

   Our pie a la mode has a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top.

   • November 1959, "Martin Bunn", Popular Science, Gus Pulls a Switch ↗:

     With a bowl of beef stew, apple pie a la mode, and two cups of coffee under his belt, Gus Wilson walked leisurely back to the Model Garage.

3. Of beef: larded and stewed with vegetables.

Synonyms

• (fashionable) cool, trendy, classy

Adverb

a la mode

1. In a particular style or fashion.

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