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braise

/bɹeɪz/

braise noun: a dish (usually meat) prepared by braising. Also the alternative spelling of braze.

Noun (1)

braise (plural braises)

  1. A dish (usually meat) prepared by braising.
    • Pot roast is typically a braise, as is osso buco.
  2. 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.

Verb

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

  1. To cook in a small amount of liquid, in a covered pan, somewhere between steaming and boiling.

Noun (2)

braise (plural braises)

  1. Pagellus bogaraveo, syn. Pagellus centrodontus (sea bream)
    Synonyms:
    becker

Also used as

braise is also the alternative spelling of braze.

braise meaning in Thai

braise in Thai

To cook in a small amount of liquid
ตุ๋น dtǔn

Examples of braise in a sentence

  • This braised eggplant has all those savory parm-y flavors, but in an easy any-night form.
  • Just as good was a thick-cut pork chop, charcoal grilled with fennel seeds alongside braised borlotti beans.
  • The current menu includes curried goat, rack of lamb with a pumpkinseed crust, and braised short ribs.

All 22 example sentences with braise

Synonyms of braise

Forms of braise

Noun
pluralbraises
alternative form (dated)braize
Verb
third-person singular presentbraises
present participlebraising
past participlebraised
pastbraised

Origin of braise

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.

Words that rhyme with braise

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Questions about braise

What does braise mean?
Braise means a dish (usually meat) prepared by braising.
What is braise in Thai?
Braise in Thai is ตุ๋น (dtǔn). See Braise meaning in Thai.
What part of speech is braise?
Braise can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce braise?
Braise is pronounced /bɹeɪz/.
What is the plural of braise?
The plural of braise is braises.

Words near braise in the dictionary

  1. brairded
  2. brairding
  3. brairds
  4. braireau
  5. brairo
  6. braise
  7. braised
  8. braiser
  9. braisers
  10. braises
  11. braising

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