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chaudfroid
chaud·froid
/
French
ʃoʊˈfrwɑ
/
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[
French
shoh-
f
r
wah
]
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noun
1.
a cooked dish of fowl or game, served cold with aspic, jelly, or a sauce.
2.
the aspic glaze covering the cold food.
Also,
chaud-froid.
Origin:
1890–95;
<
French:
literally, hot-cold, equivalent to
chaud
(<
Latin
cal
(
i
)
dus;
see
caldarium
) +
froid
<
Latin
frīgidus
frigid
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chaudfroid
(ʃofrwa)
—
n
a sweet or savoury jellied sauce used to coat cold meat, chicken, etc
[literally: hot-cold (because prepared as hot dish, but served cold)]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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