BAIN-MARIE (bains-marie)

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Irregular inflected form: bains-marie   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does bain-marie mean? 

• BAIN-MARIE (noun)
  The noun BAIN-MARIE has 1 sense:

1. a large pan that is filled with hot water; smaller pans containing food can be set in the larger pan to keep food warm or to cook food slowly

  Familiarity information: BAIN-MARIE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BAIN-MARIE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A large pan that is filled with hot water; smaller pans containing food can be set in the larger pan to keep food warm or to cook food slowly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("bain-marie" is a kind of...):

pan (shallow container made of metal)