marmite
a metal or earthenware cooking pot with a cover, usually large and often having legs.
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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. EmersonSoup needs nothing with it (if you do not choose split pea which needs croutons, or petite marmite which needs grated cheese).
Etiquette | Emily PostThe 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 EllisA petite marmite, please; then Ill see what more I want, she heard herself saying at last.
Out of the Air | Inez Haynes IrwinLa 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)
/ (ˈmɑːmaɪt) /
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
1British Dictionary definitions for Marmite (2 of 2)
/ (ˈmɑːmaɪt) /
trademark British a yeast and vegetable extract used as a spread, flavouring, etc
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