assiette

Meaning

Noun

  • A plate of food, but typically a small plate containing the same food item prepared in various different ways
  • A mixture of bole, bloodstone, and galena once used in bookbinding as a gilding surface

Origin

  • Borrowed from French assiette. ashet.

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