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marmite
[ mahr-mahyt, mahr-meet ]
noun
- a metal or earthenware cooking pot with a cover, usually large and often having legs.
Marmite
1/ ˈmɑːmaɪt /
noun
- a yeast and vegetable extract used as a spread, flavouring, etc
marmite
2/ ˈmɑːmaɪt /
noun
- a large cooking pot
- soup cooked in such a pot
- an individual covered casserole for serving soup
- military a container used to bring food to troops in the field
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Word History and Origins
Origin of marmite1
1795–1805; < French, Middle French, apparently equivalent to mar ( m )-, base of marmotter to mutter, murmur ( marmot ) + mite expressive word for a cat; probably originally a jocular or nursery word, a deep, covered pot being thought of as secretive and hence catlike in comparison to an open pan; compare Old French marmite hypocritical
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Word History and Origins
Origin of marmite1
from French: pot
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Example Sentences
The country here was not torn up by marmite holes, or the chasms made by the Big Berthas.
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Soup needs nothing with it (if you do not choose split pea which needs croutons, or petite marmite which needs grated cheese).
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The woman who supports a bully is called his saucepan (marmite), a friend un poteau; ne pas tre mchant means to be a fool.
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A petite marmite, please; then Ill see what more I want, she heard herself saying at last.
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La Marmite du Grand Guelard has but one outlet, and we are barring it.
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