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Fondue

[-dooz, -dyooz, -dooz, -dyooz; Fr. -dy Origin

fon·due

[fon-doo, -dyoo, fon-doo, -dyoo; Fr. fawn-dy] noun, plural -dues [-dooz, -dyooz, -dooz, -dyooz; Fr. -dy] , adjective Cookery.
noun
1.
a saucelike dish of Swiss origin made with melted cheese and seasonings together with dry white wine, usually flavored with kirsch: served as a hot dip for pieces of bread.
2.
a dish of hot liquid in which small pieces of food are cooked or dipped: beef fondue; chocolate fondue.
3.
a baked soufflélike dish usually containing cheese and cracker crumbs or bread crumbs.
adjective
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Origin:
1875–80; < French; feminine of fondu fondu
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fondue (ˈfɒndjuː, French fɔ̃dy)
 
n
a Swiss dish, consisting of cheese melted in white wine or cider, into which small pieces of bread are dipped and then eaten
 
[C19: from French, feminine of fondu melted, from fondre to melt; see fondant]

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fondue
1878, Fr. cooking term, fem. pp. of fondre "melt" (see found (2)).
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