braise

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Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
9
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/bɹeɪz/

Definition of braise

6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of braze.
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noun

  1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of braze.
  2. A dish (usually meat) prepared by braising.
    “Pot roast is typically a braise, as is osso buco.”
  3. A sauce used for braising.
    “Braised cabbage is cooked in a braise of sliced bacon, one or two thickly sliced onions, one or two sliced carrots, parsley, thyme, a bay leaf, and stock to nearly cover.”
  4. Pagellus bogaraveo, syn. Pagellus centrodontus (sea bream)

verb

  1. To cook in a small amount of liquid, in a covered pan, somewhere between steaming and boiling.
  2. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of braze (joining non-ferrous metal using a molten filler metal)

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Etymology

From French braise (“live coals”) and braiser (“to braise”, from the noun), from Old French brese (“embers”), from Old Low Franconian/Old Dutch; akin to Norwegian/Swedish braseld (“sparkling fire”), Norwegian/Swedish dialectal…

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From French braise (“live coals”) and braiser (“to braise”, from the noun), from Old French brese (“embers”), from Old Low Franconian/Old Dutch; akin to Norwegian/Swedish braseld (“sparkling fire”), Norwegian/Swedish dialectal brasa (“to roast”), Danish dialectal brase (“to flambé, enflame”). Perhaps from Gothic *𐌱𐍂𐌰𐍃𐌰 (*brasa, “glowing coal”), from Proto-Germanic *brasō (“gleed, crackling coal”), Proto-Indo-European *bʰres- (“to crack, break, burst”). Cognate with Icelandic brasa (“to harden by fire”). See burst.

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