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¹braise

verb \ˈbrāz\

: to cook (food) slowly in fat and a small amount of liquid in a covered pot

braisedbrais·ing

Full Definition of BRAISE

transitive verb

: to cook slowly in fat and little moisture in a closed pot

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Origin of BRAISE

French braiser, from braise live coals, from Old French breze, probably of Germanic origin; akin to Swedish brasa fire

First Known Use: 1797

Rhymes with BRAISE

baize, blaze, braze, chaise, craze, days, daze, faze, fraise, gaze, glaze, graze, Hays, haze, lase, laze, maize, Mays, maze, phase, phrase, praise, raise, raze, vase, ways

²braise

noun

Definition of BRAISE

: an item of braised food

First Known Use of BRAISE

circa 1885

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