glace
[ glas ]
/ glæs /
noun Canadian chiefly Montreal.
ice placed in a drink to cool it.
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Origin of glace
<Canadian French, French: ice; see glacé
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Definition for glace (2 of 2)
glacé
[ gla-sey ]
/ glæˈseɪ /
frosted or iced, as cake.
candied, as fruits.
adjective
finished with a gloss, as kid or silk.
verb (used with object), gla·céed, gla·cé·ing.
to make glacé.
Origin of glacé
1840–50; <French, past participle of glacer to freeze, derivative of glace ice <Latin glaciēs
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British Dictionary definitions for glace
glacé
/ (ˈɡlæsɪ) /
adjective
crystallized or candiedglacé cherries
covered in icing
(of leather, silk, etc) having a glossy finish
mainly US frozen or iced
verb -cés, -céing or -céed
(tr) to ice or candy (cakes, fruits, etc)
Word Origin for glacé
C19: from French glacé, literally: iced, from glacer to freeze, from glace ice, from Latin glaciēs
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