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caquelon

caquelon noun: a Swiss cooking vessel used to serve fondue.

caquelon: a Swiss cooking vessel used to serve fondue
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Noun

caquelon (plural caquelons)

  1. A Swiss cooking vessel used to serve fondue.
    • Friends and family often gather for hours to slowly stir their bread on long forks in the cauldron of cheese known as a caquelon, which is heated by a small flame.2009, Eliane Engeler, Swiss Seek to Settle Debate Over the True Fondue, Associated Press

Forms of caquelon

pluralcaquelons

Questions about caquelon

What does caquelon mean?
Caquelon means a Swiss cooking vessel used to serve fondue.
What part of speech is caquelon?
Caquelon is a noun.
What is the plural of caquelon?
The plural of caquelon is caquelons.

Words near caquelon in the dictionary

  1. capybara
  2. capybaras
  3. capys
  4. CapZ
  5. Caqchikel
  6. caquelon
  7. caquelons
  8. Caquetio
  9. Caquetios
  10. Caquetá
  11. Caquinte

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