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Definition of Marmite
1. Noun. Soup cooked in a large pot.
2. Noun. A large pot especially one with legs used e.g. for cooking soup.
Definition of Marmite
1. Proper noun. (Australia British New Zealand) A sticky, dark brown, strongly flavoured spread based on a yeast extract (a by-product of beer brewing), eaten on toast, in sandwiches, etc. ¹
2. Noun. Something which people either love or hate ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To apply Marmite to. ¹
4. Noun. A rounded earthenware cooking pot. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Marmite
1. a large soup kettle [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Marmite
Literary usage of Marmite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language, in Miniature: To which are by Samuel Johnson (1812)
"... a. in the form of a pyramid Pyre, s. я pile on wbich the dead are burnt
Pyret'ics, i, medicines which cure fever* Pyri'tes, t. a marmite ; a firestone ..."
2. The Model Kitchen by Lucy Helen Yates (1905)
"VII THE CASSEROLE AND Marmite JUST a word in the beginning, which applies to all
utensils made of glazed clay : it is that such material, when new, ..."
3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1861)
"To my knowledge, your marmite is the sixth that has been found in the Seine-
Inferieure. Thus one was discovered at Lillebonne in 1836; and others at Loges, ..."
4. The royal phraseological English-French, French-English dictionary by John Charles Tarver (1853)
"La marmite bout-elle, does the pot boil 1 On leur donna une grande ... La marmite
bout dans cette maison, the pot boils in that house, ie they live well. ..."
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