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braise
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1braise

transitive verb \ˈbrāz\
braised brais·ing

Definition of BRAISE

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

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

2braise

noun

Definition of BRAISE

: an item of braised food

First Known Use of BRAISE

circa 1885

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