fondue, fondu
(noun) hot cheese or chocolate melted to the consistency of a sauce into which bread or fruits are dipped
fondue, fondu
(noun) cubes of meat or seafood cooked in hot oil and then dipped in any of various sauces
Source: WordNet® 3.1
fondu (countable and uncountable, plural fondus)
(printing) The graded shift from one color into another.
Alternative spelling of fondue
(ballet) Involving a lowering of the body by bending the knee of the supporting leg.
• Found., found
Source: Wiktionary
Fon`du" (fon"dus"), a. [F. fondu, p.p. of fondre to melt, blend. See Found to cast.]
Definition: Blended; passing into each other by subtle gradations; -- said of colors or of the surface or material on which the colors are laid.
Fon`due", n. [Also erroneously Fon`du".] [F. See Fondu; cf. Fondant.] (Cookery)
Definition: A dish made of cheese, eggs, butter, etc., melted together.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 November 2024
(noun) (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
