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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Nuts with hard shells are cracked, the meats removed and placed in bonbon dishes, or are piled on lace papers in small compotiers.
From The Century Cook Book by Mary Ronald
All the ornamentation of the dinner-table is high this winter—high candlesticks, high vases, high glasses for the flowers, and tall glass compotiers.
From Manners and Social Usages by Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood
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
The four compotiers were much scrolled and embossed, and the four candlesticks, also scrolled, but not to match, had shades of perforated silver over red silk linings, like those in restaurants to-day.
From Etiquette by Emily Post
