compôte
/kˈɑmpoʊt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Example Sentences
- "Compôte of Morella cherries.—Boil together for fifteen minutes, six ounces of sugar with half a pint of water; add a pound and a quarter of ripe Morella cherries, and simmer them very softly from five to seven minutes: this is a delicious compôte."
- "Boil gently for ten minutes, take up the melon in a glass dish, cool the syrup a little, and pour it over the melon. Serve the compôte cold; it is delicious, and costs only about twenty-five cents."
- "Blanch the fruit in boiling water, then drain, and very carefully remove the skin, cut the peaches in halves and take out the stones. Have ready some syrup, and proceed as directed for apricot compôte."
- "Apple compôte à la Durban calls for 2 lbs. cooking apples, 6 oz sugar, 1 clove and 1 lemon. […] / Damson compôte, 160 […] / Strawberry compôte, Durban, 224"
- "Gave up smoking leaves ten years ago or more, so most of my leafmould is added to compôte, which it thickens nicely."
- "Serve the mueli with the compôte and with soya yogurt and soya milk, if you like."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: compôte