au gratin
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au gra·tin
(ō grät′n, grăt′n, gră-tăN′)adj.
Covered with bread crumbs and sometimes butter and grated cheese, and then browned in an oven: potatoes au gratin.
[French : au, with the + gratin, scraping from the pan.]
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au gratin
(French o ɡratɛ̃)adj
(Cookery) covered and cooked with browned breadcrumbs and sometimes cheese. Also: gratinated
[French, literally: with the grating]
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au grat•in
(oʊ ˈgræt n, oʊ ˈgrɑt n; Fr. oʊ graˈtɛ̃)adj.
topped with buttered breadcrumbs or grated cheese or both and browned in an oven or broiler.
[1800–10; < French: literally, with the scraping, i.e., the burnt part]
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Adj. | 1. | au gratin - cooked while covered with browned breadcrumbs (and sometimes cheese) cooked - having been prepared for eating by the application of heat |
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au gratin
adv → überbacken, au gratin; cauliflower au gratin → überbackener Blumenkohl, Blumenkohl m → au gratin
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