[kom-poht; Fr. kawn-pawt] 
[-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. |
| com·pote (kŏm'pōt) n.
[French, from Old French composte, mixture, from Latin composita, feminine past participle of compōnere, to put together; see component.] |
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