Braise

//bɹeɪz// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of braze. alt-of, alternative
  2. 2
    Pagellus bogaraveo, syn. Pagellus centrodontus (sea bream)
  3. 3
    A dish (usually meat) prepared by braising.

    "Pot roast is typically a braise, as is osso buco."

  4. 4
    A sauce used for braising.

    "Braised cabbage is cooked in a braise of sliced bacon, one or two thickly sliced onions, one or two sliced carrots, parsley, thyme, a bay leaf, and stock to nearly cover."

Verb
  1. 1
    To cook in a small amount of liquid, in a covered pan, somewhere between steaming and boiling.
  2. 2
    cook in liquid wordnet
  3. 3
    Alternative spelling of braze (joining non-ferrous metal using a molten filler metal) alt-of, alternative

Etymology

Etymology 1

From French braise (“live coals”) and braiser (“to braise”, from the noun), from Old French brese (“embers”), from Old Low Franconian/Old Dutch; akin to Norwegian/Swedish braseld (“sparkling fire”), Norwegian/Swedish dialectal brasa (“to roast”), Danish dialectal brase (“to flambé, enflame”). Perhaps from Gothic *𐌱𐍂𐌰𐍃𐌰 (*brasa, “glowing coal”), from Proto-Germanic *brasō (“gleed, crackling coal”), Proto-Indo-European *bʰres- (“to crack, break, burst”). Cognate with Icelandic brasa (“to harden by fire”). See burst.

Etymology 2

From French braise (“live coals”) and braiser (“to braise”, from the noun), from Old French brese (“embers”), from Old Low Franconian/Old Dutch; akin to Norwegian/Swedish braseld (“sparkling fire”), Norwegian/Swedish dialectal brasa (“to roast”), Danish dialectal brase (“to flambé, enflame”). Perhaps from Gothic *𐌱𐍂𐌰𐍃𐌰 (*brasa, “glowing coal”), from Proto-Germanic *brasō (“gleed, crackling coal”), Proto-Indo-European *bʰres- (“to crack, break, burst”). Cognate with Icelandic brasa (“to harden by fire”). See burst.

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