Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To drench with a liquor, such as brandy, and ignite.
- adjective Served flaming in ignited liquor.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In ceramics, having a changeable or iridescent luster, as certain porcelains, due to the heat of the furnace.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Ceramics) Decorated by glaze splashed or irregularly spread upon the surface, or apparently applied at the top and allowed to run down the sides; -- said of pieces of Chinese porcelain.
- adjective (Cooking) dipped in or covered with a flammable liqueur and set afire when served; -- usually used postpositively.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Being, or having been, flambéed.
- noun cooking A showy cooking technique where an alcoholic beverage, such as
brandy , is added to hot food and then the fumes are ignited. - noun The act of flambéing.
- noun A flambéed dish.
- verb To cook with a showy technique where an alcoholic beverage, such as
brandy , is added to hot food and then the fumes are ignited.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb pour liquor over and ignite (a dish)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From French, past participle of flamber, to flame, from Old French, from flambe, flame; see flame.]
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From French
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