marmite

[ mahr-mahyt, mahr-meet ]

noun

a metal or earthenware cooking pot with a cover, usually large and often having legs.

Origin of marmite

1795–1805; <French, Middle French, apparently equivalent to mar(m)-, base of marmotter to mutter, murmur (see marmot) + mite expressive word for a cat; probably originally a jocular or nursery word, a deep, covered pot being thought of as secretive and hence catlike in comparison to an open pan; compare Old French marmite hypocritical

Words Nearby marmite

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How to use marmite in a sentence

The country here was not torn up by marmite holes, or the chasms made by the Big Berthas.
Ruth Fielding In the Red Cross | Alice B. Emerson
Soup needs nothing with it (if you do not choose split pea which needs croutons, or petite marmite which needs grated cheese).
Etiquette | Emily Post
The woman who supports a bully is called his saucepan (marmite), a friend un poteau; ne pas tre mchant means to be a fool.
The Criminal | Havelock Ellis
A petite marmite, please; then Ill see what more I want, she heard herself saying at last.
Out of the Air | Inez Haynes Irwin
La marmite du Grand Guelard has but one outlet, and we are barring it.
The Count of Nideck | Ralph Browning Fiske

British Dictionary definitions for marmite (1 of 2)

marmite

/ (ˈmɑːmaɪt) /

noun

a large cooking pot
soup cooked in such a pot

an individual covered casserole for serving soup
US military a container used to bring food to troops in the field

Origin of marmite

from French: pot

British Dictionary definitions for Marmite (2 of 2)

Marmite

/ (ˈmɑːmaɪt) /

noun

trademark British a yeast and vegetable extract used as a spread, flavouring, etc

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