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pots-au-feu

pots-au-feu is the plural 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 pots-au-feu

What is pots-au-feu the plural of?
Pots-au-feu is the plural of pot-au-feu.

Words near pots-au-feu in the dictionary

  1. pots of gold
  2. pots of money
  3. pots on
  4. pots out
  5. pots up
  6. pots-au-feu
  7. potscape
  8. potscapes
  9. potscaping
  10. Potsdam
  11. Potsdamer

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