braise

Meanings

Noun

• Alternate spelling of braze
• A dish (usually meat) prepared by braising.
• A sauce used for braising.
• Pagellus bogaraveo, syn. Pagellus centrodontus (sea bream)

Verb

• To cook in a small amount of liquid, in a covered pan, somewhere between steaming and boiling.
• Alternate spelling of braze

Related

Similar words

• becker

Origin

• From French braise, from Old French brese ("embers"), from Old Low Franconian/Old Dutch; akin to Norwegian/Swedish braseld, Norwegian/Swedish dialectal brasa, Danish dialectal brase. Perhaps from Gothic *𐌱𐍂𐌰𐍃𐌰, from Proto-Germanic *brasō, Proto-Indo-European *bʰres-. Cognate with Icelandic brasa. See burst.