au gratin
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n, oʊ ˈgræt adjective Cookery.
cooked or baked with a topping of either browned bread crumbs and butter or grated cheese, or with both.
Origin:
1800–10; < French: literally, with the scraping, i.e., the burnt part
1800–10; < French: literally, with the scraping, i.e., the burnt part
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| —adj | |
| Also: gratinated covered and cooked with browned breadcrumbs and sometimes cheese | |
| [French, literally: with the grating] | |
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Au gratin
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
Example sentences
The house specialties include the crab au gratin and jumbo coconut shrimp.
Forget about crab cakes, stuffed soft shells or crabmeat au gratin.
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