vinaigrette
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əˈgrɛt noun
1.
Also, vinegarette. a small, ornamental bottle or box for holding aromatic vinegar, smelling salts, or the like.
adjective
3.
(of a food, as asparagus or artichoke) served with a sauce made with vinegar or with vinaigrette sauce.
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vinaigrette (ˌvɪneɪˈɡrɛt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | Also called: vinegarette a small decorative bottle or box with a perforated top, used for holding smelling salts, etc |
| 2. | Also called: vinaigrette sauce a salad dressing made from oil and vinegar with seasonings; French dressing |
| —adj | |
| 3. | served with vinaigrette |
| [C17: from French, from vinaigre | |
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Vinaigrette
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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Word Origin & History
vinaigrette
1698, a type of condiment, from Fr., dim. of vinaigre "(aromatic) vinegar" (see vinegar). Modern sense of a type of dressing for salads or cold vegetables is attested from 1877.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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vinaigrette
small metal perfume container usually made of gold or silver and containing a pierced metal tray beneath which was placed a piece of sponge soaked in an aromatic substance such as vinegar combined with lavender. Vinaigrettes were made as boxes and many more novel forms from the late 18th to the late 19th century. Most English examples were made in Birmingham
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Example sentences
Use a pastry brush and brush the chicken on all sides with the vinaigrette.
Its mustard-soy vinaigrette was snappy, but some of the seafood was rubbery.
The chunky fennel vinaigrette also goes well with tuna steaks or swordfish.
Arrange salad and spoon a little of the vinaigrette around the fish and salad.
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