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Definition of Flambe
1. Verb. Pour liquor over and ignite (a dish).
Definition of Flambe
1. Adjective. (alternative spelling of flambé) ¹
2. Noun. (alternative spelling of flambé) ¹
3. Verb. (alternative spelling of flambé) ¹
4. Adjective. Being, or having been, flambéed. ¹
5. Noun. (cooking) A showy cooking technique where an alcoholic beverage, such as brandy, is added to hot food and then the fumes are ignited. ¹
6. Noun. The act of flambéing. ¹
7. Noun. A flambéed dish. ¹
8. Verb. To cook with a showy technique where an alcoholic beverage, such as brandy, is added to hot food and then the fumes are ignited. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Flambe
1. to douse with a liqueur and ignite [v -BEED, -BEING, -BES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flambe
Literary usage of Flambe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. China: Its History, Arts and Literature by Frank Brinkley (1902)
"Of these the most remarkable, and perhaps the most beautiful, is the Tao-pien,
or ware " transmuted in the furnace," called by French connoisseurs " flambe" ..."
2. Tall Bearded Iris (fleur-de-lis) a Flower of Songs: Names, Classification by Walter Stager (1922)
"... it is stated that in French it is called "flambe", and Iris florentina (a
white flower much used in church decoration) "flambe blanche" (White Torch). ..."
3. Catalogue of the Macomber Collection of Chinese Pottery by John Getz, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (1909)
"Dense brown biscuit, the outer surface showing a manganese purple glaze with an
overrunning green flambe effect at the neck; the interior is glazed in ..."
4. Chaucer and the Roman de la Rose by Dean Spruill Fansler (1914)
"In Le Roman de Guillaume de Vole we find "Que male flambe puisse ... That some
distinction was felt between mal feus and male flambe would appear from RR. ..."
5. The Anglo-Norman Metrical Chronicle of Geoffrey Gaimar by Geoffroy Gaimar, Thomas Wright (1850)
"De vostre bûche une flambe ist ; Jo ne sai ... 260 De la flambe, e de 1' avision
K'ele out veu de son baron. ..."
6. An Etymological Dictionary of the French Language: Crowned by the French Academy by Auguste Brachet (1882)
"Its doublet is flambant. See flambe. flambe, sf. the German iris (for ...
See flambe.—Der. flamboyer. flamberge, sf. a sword, a word of hist, origin (§ 33), ..."
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