[rah-klet, ra-] 
| 1. | a dish made by heating a piece of cheese, as over a hearth, and scraping off the melted part onto a plate: served with boiled potatoes. |
| 2. | the cheese used in making this dish. |
| ra·clette (rä-klět', rā-) n.
[French, from racler, to rake, scrape, from Provençal rasclar, to rake, from Old Provençal, from Vulgar Latin *rāsculāre, from *rāsculum, diminutive of Latin rāstrum, rake; see rēd- in Indo-European roots.] |