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Aromatic item used in cooking
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bay leaf
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Add lentils, thyme, and bay leaf . ▪ Add the lentils, broth, tomatoes and their juice, water, bay leaf , black pepper and salt. ▪ Heat the butter and add the onion, garlic and oregano and bay leaf . ▪ I forgot to say take out ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Bay leaf (plural bay leaves ) refers to the aromatic leaves of several plants used in cooking. These include: Bay laurel ( Laurus nobilis , Lauraceae ). Fresh or dried bay leaves are used in cooking for their distinctive flavor and fragrance. The leaves ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bay \Bay\, n. [F. baie a berry, the fruit of the laurel and other trees, fr. L. baca, bacca, a small round fruit, a berry, akin to Lith. bapka laurel berry.] A berry, particularly of the laurel. [Obs.] The laurel tree ( Laurus nobilis ). Hence, in the plural, ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A herb derived from a shrub of the family Lauraceae.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. dried leaf of the bay laurel
Usage examples of bay leaf.
I made rice with chicken broth and pignolia nuts, thyme, parsley, and a bay leaf and cooked it in the oven.
Geilie's loose, flowing gowns smelled always of the essences she distilled: marigold, chamomile, bay leaf, spikenard, mint, marjoram.
They rigged up a serviceable shelter and dined sparingly on a stew of leeks and turnips flavored with a bay leaf and cooked over an open fire in the kettle they had found in the deserted camp.
Which ought to have been obvious, seeing that this animal is the only one lacking gall (namely, the poison that all other animals carry, attached to the liver), and Pliny said that if a dove falls ill, it plucks a bay leaf and is healed.
Add the pieces of meat, vegetables and bay leaf to the beans and cook covered for 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
Mayhap the scribes who wrote the grimoires were in the pay of the bay leaf importers?
I've heard enough of that song and dance, we're having eels and that's that, with milk, mustard, parsley, and boiled potatoes, a bay leaf goes in and a clove, no, no, please Alfred, don't make eels if she doesn't want them, you keep out of this, I didn't buy eels to throw them away, they'll be nicely cleaned and washed, no, no, we'll see when they're on the table, we'll see who eats and who don't eat.
The squat little crockery pot now sat on the back of the stove, emitting the fragrance of tender beans and bay leaf.
The cobblestone fireplace was hung with dried bay leaf, braids of pearly garlic, and sheaves of lemon thyme.
There are a lot of ways to make demi-glace, but I recommend you simply take your already reduced meat stock, add some red wine, toss in some shallots and fresh thyme and a bay leaf and peppercorns, and slowly, slowly simmer it and reduce it again until it coats a spoon.
I watched, fascinated, as he fell asleep amid the scent of bay leaf and lilac.