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Definition of Fondu
1. Noun. Cubes of meat or seafood cooked in hot oil and then dipped in any of various sauces.
Generic synonyms: Dish
Specialized synonyms: Beef Fondue, Boeuf Fondu Bourguignon
2. Noun. Hot cheese or chocolate melted to the consistency of a sauce into which bread or fruits are dipped.
Definition of Fondu
1. a. Blended; passing into each other by subtle gradations; -- said of colors or of the surface or material on which the colors are laid.
Definition of Fondu
1. Noun. In printing, the graded shift from one color into another. ¹
2. Noun. (alternative spelling of fondue) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fondu
1. fondue [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fondu
Literary usage of Fondu
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The royal phraseological English-French, French-English dictionary by John Charles Tarver (1853)
"Il ne mourra pas de gras-fondu, there ¡a 110 danger of hie dying of fat.
GRAS DOUBLE, ». m. (t. de cuisine), tripe. GRASSEMENT, adv. ..."
2. The Popular Science Monthly (1884)
"... Domestic Cookery," it is described as fondu. A similar dish is described in
that useful ... Family Fare," under the name of cheese souffle or fondu. ..."
3. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1884)
"... under the name of à la Swisse," a sort of fondu, but decidedly inferior to
the common fondu of the humble Swiss osteria, as he lays the eggs upon slices ..."
4. The Chemistry of cookery by William Mattieu Williams (1900)
"I have not succeeded in making any improvement in the fondu (see page 139), ...
My recollections of the fondu of the Swiss peasant being so eminently ..."
5. Cements, Limes, and Plasters: Their Materials, Manufacture, and Properties by Edwin Clarence Eckel (1922)
"But in such cements as Spackman's alca cement, and Lafarge's ciment fondu, the
alumina becomes the main cement component, combined of course with lime as a ..."