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braise

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) braise (verb)
  2. 2) braise (noun)

1braise

verb \ˈbrāz\
braisedbrais·ing

Definition of BRAISE

transitive verb
: to cook slowly in fat and little moisture in a closed pot
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Examples of BRAISE

  1. He braised the beef in a wine sauce.

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

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