vin|ai|grette

vin|ai|grette
vin|ai|grette «VIHN uh GREHT», noun, adjective.
–n.
1. a small ornamental bottle or box usually containing a sponge charged with smelling salts or the like. Also, vinegarette.
2. = vinaigrette sauce. (Cf.vinaigrette sauce)
–adj.
served with vinaigrette sauce: »

Hofmann had also stirred up…pickled whale flippers, and walrus flippers vinaigrette (New Yorker).

[< French vinaigrette < Old French vinaigre; see etym. under vinegar (Cf.vinegar)]

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  • grette — ai·grette; vin·ai·grette; …   English syllables

  • vinaigrette — vin·ai·grette …   English syllables

  • vinaigrette — vin|ai|grette [ ,vınə gret ] noun count or uncount a sauce for salads and cold vegetables, made from oil, VINEGAR, and SPICES …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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  • vinaigrette — vin|ai|grette sb., n (olie eddike dressing) …   Dansk ordbog

  • Vinaigrette — Salatdressing; Salatsoße; Marinade; Dressing * * * Vin|ai|grette auch: Vi|naig|rette 〈[vinɛgrɛ̣t] f. 19; Kochk.〉 mit Essig u. Kräutern bereitete, würzige Tunke [<frz. vinaigre „Essig, Säure“ <vin „Wein“ (<lat. vinum „Wein“) + aigre… …   Universal-Lexikon

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