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marmit

marmit is the obsolete form of marmite.

Meaning of marmite

Noun

marmite (plural marmites)

  1. A rounded cooking pot of various designs, commonly pot-bellied, with or without tripod, handles, lid etc; originally earthenware but currently more commonly of cast iron or other metals.
    • My little boy having been ill of a fever for forty days, I have learned from his attendant how to make the celebrated soup (bouillon) of Paris: and finding it to be superior to any that I ever before tasted, I take the liberty to send you the directions necessary to enable any one to prepare this...1824 Thomas Gill. The Technical Repository p. 180: XXXV: On the French Marmite, or Pot-au-Feu: and on preparing Bouillon with it

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Forms of marmit

pluralmarmits

Questions about marmit

What is marmit the obsolete form of?
Marmit is the obsolete form of marmite.

Words near marmit in the dictionary

  1. marmem
  2. marmennill
  3. marmennills
  4. marmesin
  5. marmesinin
  6. marmit
  7. marmite
  8. Marmited
  9. Marmitegate
  10. marmites
  11. Marmitey

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