Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Fruit stewed or cooked in syrup.
- noun A long-stemmed dish used for holding fruit, nuts, or candy.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Fruit stewed or preserved in syrup, sometimes with spices.
- noun Same as
compotier .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A preparation of fruit in sirup in such a manner as to preserve its form, either whole, halved, or quartered.
- noun a bowl-shaped dish having a stem, and a base smaller than the bowl, used to serve compotes or other items, such as candies, nuts, or fruit; a compote dish. Compotes may be made of different materials, such as glass, porcelain, or silver.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
dessert made offruit cooked in sugarysyrup . - noun A
dish used for servingfruit .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun dessert of stewed or baked fruit
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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And no clue what to do with them all, other than that compote from a couple days ago and a pie or two.
Archive 2009-07-01 Sarah 2009
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And no clue what to do with them all, other than that compote from a couple days ago and a pie or two.
My, My, It's [Canadian] Pie Sarah 2009
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He added: "I wouldn't mind but their vanilla panna cotta with raspberry compote is absolutely bloody terrible."
Archive 2007-03-01 2007
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He added: "I wouldn't mind but their vanilla panna cotta with raspberry compote is absolutely bloody terrible."
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To have the feet in compote (stewed fruit) (when one's feet feel like jelly) = avoir très mal aux pieds = to have sore feet
Gastronomie 2004
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To have the feet in compote (stewed fruit) (when one's feet feel like jelly) = avoir très mal aux pieds = to have sore feet
Expressions 2004
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The folks behind the cooking kiosk at my favorite market just handed me something they call a compote; intended to replace cranberry's role ..
Maggie's Farm 2008
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The folks behind the cooking kiosk at my favorite market just handed me something they call a compote; intended to replace cranberry's role ..
Maggie's Farm 2008
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Of all dishes there are few to equal what is called a compote of fruit, and there are probably few sweets more popular than --
Cassell's Vegetarian Cookery A Manual of Cheap and Wholesome Diet A. G. Payne 1867
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If you’re careful to choose red instead of green rhubarb stalks, the compote will be a pretty pink color.
The City Cook Kate McDonough 2010
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