compotier
noun
compotiers
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pluralof compotier.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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On a very large table the four compotiers are filled with candy, and two or four larger silver dishes or baskets are filled with fruit and put on alternately with the candy dishes.
From Etiquette by Emily Post
They may be combined in large dishes, giving effect of abundance, or a quantity of one kind massed together for color-effects, or a few choice specimens of a kind placed on separate compotiers.
From The Century Cook Book by Mary Ronald
These dishes, or compotiers, hold candy or fruit, chosen less for taste than for decorative appearance.
From Etiquette by Emily Post
A large centre-piece of flowers, with fruit and candies in glass compotiers, and high forms of nougat, and other sugar devices, are suitable standards for an elegant supper-table.
From Manners and Social Usages by Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood
You order flowers for the table, and candy for your four compotiers.
From Etiquette by Emily Post
