Word of the Day:
ramekin
What It Means
A small glass or earthenware dish, often white and circular, in which food is baked and served.
Ramekin in Context
“Setting the soufflés before us, the waitress warns that the ramekins are hot.”
Did You Know?
Borrowed from French ramequin, from dialectal Dutch rammeken (“cheese dish”) (compare Dutch rameken (“toasted bread”)) or Low German ramken (“cream”), equivalent to ream + -kin. Compare mannequin/mannikin, and compare creamer.
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