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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These dishes, or compotiers, hold candy or fruit, chosen less for taste than for decorative appearance.
From Etiquette by Post, Emily
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 Ronald, Mary
These are now valued for old association's sake; as are the silver candlesticks and silver compotiers.
From Manners and Social Usages by Sherwood, Mrs. John M. E. W.
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 Ronald, Mary
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 Post, Emily
