terrine

[tuh-reen]

ter·rine

[tuh-reen]
noun
1.
a casserole dish made of pottery.
2.
a paté or similar dish of chopped meat, game, fish, or vegetables baked in such a dish and served cold.
3.
a tureen.

Origin:
1700–10; < French; see tureen
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Terrine is always a great word to know.
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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terrine (tɛˈriːn)
 
n
1.  an oval earthenware cooking dish with a tightly fitting lid used for pâtés, etc
2.  the food cooked or served in such a dish, esp pâté
3.  another word for tureen
 
[C18: earlier form of tureen]

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