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Dipping treat
Answer for the clue "Dipping treat ", 6 letters:
fondue
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Word definitions for fondue in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fondu \Fon`du"\ (f[o^]n"d[.u]"), a. [F. fondu, p.p. of fondre to melt, blend. See Found to cast.] Blended; gradually changing or passing into each other by subtle gradations; -- said of colors or of the surface or material on which the colors are laid. ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A farmer's buffet and fondue evening replace two evening meals during the week. ▪ Add remaining ingredients and stir until the fondue thickens slightly. ▪ Best value is the cheese fondue , and the chef is proud of his Wienerschnitzel. ...
Usage examples of fondue.
There were no kickshaws, by which term Mr Templecombe scornfully described fondues and trifles and jellies, opining sagely that Philip had no greater liking for them than he had himself.
When the second course made its appearance, with its plethora of vegetables, jellies, fondues, blancmanges, and Chantilly baskets, she refused to allow her aunt to serve her from the larded guinea-fowls which graced the head of the table, or Sir Timothy to tempt her to a morsel of the ducklings set before him, and ended her repast with some asparagus.
You can be dipped in and out like a bit of beef fondue, a toe or a foot or a hand at a time, as often and as slow as I choose to do it.
Joyce set her fork down and wiped a dot of cheese fondue off her chin with a paper napkin.
Thomas had whipped up a simple meal: cheese fondue, venison broth with noodles, fish poached in wine, and crepes with boysenberry jam.
I once had a very difficult job interview in which I had not only to explain that I could hit an olive with a bow and arrow, memorize up to three pages of poetry, and determine if there was poison mixed into cheese fondue without tasting it, but I had to demonstrate all these things as well.
I regret not being able to deliver a smoking gun, but I think a smoking fondue fork will do just as well, although from the sound of it I can see why nobody ever used it in the old stories.