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pot au feu

pot au feu is the alternative form of pot-au-feu.

Meaning of pot-au-feu

Noun

pot-au-feu (usually uncountable, plural pot-au-feus or pots-au-feu)

  1. (usually) A thick soup of meat and vegetables cooked together in a large pot.
    • The meat and vegetables for our pot-au-feu cost only twelve sous, or sixpence sterling — a cheap dish indeed!1824, Thomas Gill, The Technical Repository, page 180
  2. (usually) A large cooking pot.
    • The chez la portiere is its imitation, en petit; every homely subject is there discussed, from the pot au feu to another sort of pot.1839, “Parisian characteristics”, in Bentley's Miscellany, page 203

Questions about pot au feu

What is pot au feu the alternative form of?
Pot au feu is the alternative form of pot-au-feu.

Words near pot au feu in the dictionary

  1. posynomial
  2. posynomials
  3. posé
  4. pot
  5. pot ale
  6. pot au feu
  7. pot bellies
  8. pot belly
  9. pot boiler
  10. pot boilers
  11. pot boy

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