noun
braise
Braise (noun) means a dish, usually meat, cooked by braising.
noun
1
A dish, usually meat, cooked by braising.
"Pot roast is typically a braise, as is osso buco."
2
A sauce used to braise food.
"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."
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Etymology
Came into English from French braise (“live coals”) and braiser (“to braise”, from the noun), which trace back to Old French brese (“embers”), from Old Low Franconian/Old Dutch. It is akin to Norwegian/Swedish braseld (“sparkling fire”), Norwegian/Swedish dialectal brasa (“to roast”), and Danish dialectal brase (“to flambé, enflame”). It may go back to Gothic *????? (*brasa, “glowing coal”), from Proto-Germanic *brasō (“gleed, crackling coal”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰres- (“to crack, break, burst”). It is cognate with Icelandic brasa (“to harden by fire”). See burst.
Rhymes for braise
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What is the meaning of braise?
"braise" (noun) means a dish, usually meat, cooked by braising.
What are the different meanings of braise?
"braise" has 2 main meanings: 1. A dish, usually meat, cooked by braising; 2. A sauce used to braise food.
