au gratin
adjective
au gra·tin
ō-ˈgrä-tᵊn 
ȯ-,
-ˈgra-
: covered with bread crumbs or grated cheese and browned (as under a broiler)
au gratin
adverb
Examples of au gratin in a Sentence
They served potatoes au gratin with the fish.
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On the first floor, diners can sit and enjoy full dinner service until 10:30 p.m., including the signature cannelloni au gratin filling a thin French-style crepe with beef, veal, pork, and porcini mushrooms, covered in creamy supreme sauce.
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Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
Other items included a spicy meat lasagna and chicken teriyaki; gourmet pizzas with white or whole wheat crusts; a hot brown sandwich served on a silver platter and a burger au gratin where the chefs created a little pocket of cheese inside the burger.
—Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 3 July 2025
There’s a burger and several steaks, a shrimp cocktail and a tuna carpaccio, a Waldorf-ish salad and potatoes au gratin.
—Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 18 May 2025
Guests can choose from classics like crawfish etouffee and seafood gumbo or branch out with dishes like crab meat au gratin and homemade chili.
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 16 Feb. 2025
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Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
Other items included a spicy meat lasagna and chicken teriyaki; gourmet pizzas with white or whole wheat crusts; a hot brown sandwich served on a silver platter and a burger au gratin where the chefs created a little pocket of cheese inside the burger.
—Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 3 July 2025
There’s a burger and several steaks, a shrimp cocktail and a tuna carpaccio, a Waldorf-ish salad and potatoes au gratin.
—Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 18 May 2025
Guests can choose from classics like crawfish etouffee and seafood gumbo or branch out with dishes like crab meat au gratin and homemade chili.
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 16 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for au gratin
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“Au gratin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/au%20gratin. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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