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flambé

[ flahm-bey; French flahn-bey ]

adjective

  1. Also flam·béed [] (of food) served in flaming liquor, especially brandy:

    steak flambé.

  2. Ceramics.
    1. (of a glaze) dense and streaked with contrasting colors, usually red and blue.
    2. (of a ceramic object) covered with a flambé glaze.


verb (used with object)

, flam·béed, flam·bé·ing.
  1. to pour liquor over and ignite.

flambé

/ ˈflɑːmbeɪ; ˈflæm-; flɑ̃be /

adjective

  1. (of food, such as steak or pancakes) served in flaming brandy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. tr to pour brandy over (food) and ignite it
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of flambé1

1885–90; < French, past participle of flamber to flame. See flambeau
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Word History and Origins

Origin of flambé1

French, past participle of flamber to flame
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Example Sentences

It sits above one of Earth’s mantle plumes — a tower of superheated rock that ascends from the deep mantle and flambés the bases of tectonic plates, the jigsaw pieces that make up the ever-changing face of the world.

For the insertion of the p, cf. solempne for solemne, and nempne for nemne; also flambe for flame; see the Glossary.

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