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FRICASSEE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pieces of chicken or other meat stewed in gravy with e.g. carrots and onions and served with noodles or dumplings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("fricassee" is a kind of...):

stew (food prepared by stewing especially meat or fish with vegetables)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fricassee"):

chicken stew (a stew made with chicken)

turkey stew (a stew made with turkey)

Derivation:

fricassee (make a fricassee of by cooking)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make a fricassee of by cooking

Example:

fricassee meats

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "fricassee" is one way to...):

cook (transform and make suitable for consumption by heating)

Domain category:

cookery; cooking; preparation (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

The chefs fricassee the vegetables

Derivation:

fricassee (pieces of chicken or other meat stewed in gravy with e.g. carrots and onions and served with noodles or dumplings)

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