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pot-au-feu
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pot-au-feu has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
pot-au-feu, n. [F., lit., pot on the fire.].
A dish of broth, meat, and vegetables prepared by boiling in a pot, -- a dish esp. common among the French. Grant Allen. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
pot-au-feu, n.
1 a large cooking pot of the kind common in France.
2 the soup or broth cooked in it.
3 the traditional French recipe associated with this.
1 a large cooking pot of the kind common in France.
2 the soup or broth cooked in it.
3 the traditional French recipe associated with this.
Etymology
F, = pot on the fire
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