Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

concassé

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: con-casse
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Food (fish, fruit, vegetables, etc) that has been coarsely chopped or cut into large pieces.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

To roughly chop or cut (a tomato) into pieces after removing its seeds/core and skin.

Example Sentences

"Spoon the concassé over the arugula, leaving a bit of green showing around the edge. Set aside."
"This is a great make - ahead dessert because both the crème caramel and the concassé (a coarsely chopped mixture) need to chill for at least four hours. Basil adds an interesting, fresh flavor to the concassé."
"[…] Leave the oven on. Meanwhile, make the concassé. Put the tomatoes, garlic, bouquet garni, salt, and pepper in a saucepan. Cover and cook […]"
"This is another showstopper, a real “come-over-to-my-place” breakfast or brunch, which means you can follow your fast without anyone else knowing about it. Make plenty of the concassé—you can double or even triple the recipe—and use it […]"
"Blanch, refresh, peel and concassé the tomatoes. Blanch the peas in boiling salted water and refresh quickly in iced water. […]"

Etymology

From French concassé (“diced; ground; reduced to small(er) pieces”).

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: concassé

Usage

Inflected Forms

concassés (plural) concasse (alternative) concassés (present, singular) concassing (participle, present) concasséd (participle, past) concasséd (past)

Questions

What does concassé mean?: Food (fish, fruit, vegetables, etc) that has been coarsely chopped or cut into large pieces.
Where does concassé come from?: It is traced to French.

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