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com⋅pote

[kom-poht; Fr. kawn-pawt]
–noun, plural -potes [-pohts; Fr. -pawt] .
1. fruit stewed or cooked in a syrup, usually served as a dessert.
2. Also, compotier. a dish, usually of glass, china, or silver, having a base, stem, and often a lid, and used for serving fruit, nuts, candy, etc.

Origin:
1685–95; < F; OF composte < L composita, fem. of compositus composite; cf. compost
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com·pote   (kŏm'pōt)   
n.  
  1. Fruit stewed or cooked in syrup.

  2. A long-stemmed dish used for holding fruit, nuts, or candy.


[French, from Old French composte, mixture, from Latin composita, feminine past participle of compōnere, to put together; see component.]
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