braise

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/bɹeɪz/

noun

A dish (usually meat) prepared by braising.

“Pot roast is typically a braise, as is osso buco.”

Similar
becker
OriginFrench braise ← Old French brese ← Gothic *𐌱𐍂𐌰𐍃𐌰 →
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Meanings

braise1

nounbraise (plural braises)

plural braises · alternative dated braize

  1. alternativeAlternative 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.

verbbraise (third-person singular simple present braises, present participle braising, simple past and past participle braised)

present singular third person braises · participle present braising · participle past braised · past braised · alternative dated braize

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

braise2

nounbraise (plural braises)

plural braises

  1. Pagellus bogaraveo, syn. Pagellus centrodontus (sea bream)

    Synonyms: becker

Synonyms & antonyms

nounPagellus bogaraveo, syn. Pagellus centrodontus (sea bream)

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becker
Also see
beckerbraize

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰres-“to crack, break, burst”
  2. Proto-Germanic*brasō“gleed, crackling coal”
  3. Gothic*𐌱𐍂𐌰𐍃𐌰“glowing coal”
  4. Old Frenchbrese“embers”
  5. Frenchbraise“live coals”
  6. Englishbraise

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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Translations

Bulgarian задушавам
  • задушавам (zadušavam)To cook in a small amount of liquid
Chinese Mandarin 燉 /炖, 蒸
  • 燉 /炖 (dùn)To cook in a small amount of liquid
  • 蒸 (zhēng)To cook in a small amount of liquid
  • 燴 /烩 (huì)To cook in a small amount of liquid
  • 扒 (pá)To cook in a small amount of liquid
Czech dusit, podusit
  • dusitTo cook in a small amount of liquid
  • podusitTo cook in a small amount of liquid
Dutch smoren
  • smorenTo cook in a small amount of liquid
Finnish breseerata
  • breseerataTo cook in a small amount of liquid
French braiser
  • braiserTo cook in a small amount of liquid
German schmoren, anschmoren
  • schmorenTo cook in a small amount of liquid
  • anschmorenTo cook in a small amount of liquid
Hungarian párol, dinsztel
  • párolTo cook in a small amount of liquid
  • dinsztelTo cook in a small amount of liquid
Icelandic brasa
  • brasaTo cook in a small amount of liquid
Italian brasare
  • brasareTo cook in a small amount of liquid
Japanese 蒸す, ブレイズする
  • 蒸す (musu)To cook in a small amount of liquid
  • ブレイズする (bureizu suru)To cook in a small amount of liquid
Polish dusić
  • dusićTo cook in a small amount of liquid
Portuguese estufar, refogar
  • estufarTo cook in a small amount of liquid
  • refogarTo cook in a small amount of liquid
Russian туши́ть, потуши́ть
  • туши́ть (tušítʹ)To cook in a small amount of liquid
  • потуши́ть (potušítʹ)To cook in a small amount of liquid
Spanish guisar, estofar
  • guisarTo cook in a small amount of liquid
  • estofarTo cook in a small amount of liquid
Swedish bräsera
  • bräseraTo cook in a small amount of liquid
Thai ตุ๋น
  • ตุ๋น (dtǔn)To cook in a small amount of liquid

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with braise

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Sounds the same

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Anagrams

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APA

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Chicago

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