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bain-marie

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bain-ma=rie

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun bain-marie has 1 sense

bain-marie(n = noun.artifact) - a large pan that is filled with hot water; smaller pans containing food can be set in the larger pan to keep food warm or to cook food slowly;

is a kind of

pan

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CIDE DICTIONARY

bain-marie, n. [F.].

A vessel for holding hot water in which another vessel may be heated without scorching its contents; -- used for warming or preparing food or pharmaceutical preparations. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

bain-marie, n. (pl. bains-marie pronunc. same) a cooking utensil consisting of a vessel of hot water in which a receptacle containing a sauce etc. can be slowly and gently heated; a double boiler.

Etymology

F, transl. med.L balneum Mariae bath of Maria (an alleged Jewish alchemist)

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