Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cambro

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.58 in modern English

Syllables: cam-bro
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An insulated container for keeping food or drink hot.

Example Sentences

"At seven o'clock, on schedule, one of Chef James's staff arrived with the portable insulated containers known to caterers as Cambros."
"During transportation and set-up, a holding oven, or cambro, is usually required to keep food hot. These are used to keep dinner rolls, roasts, turkeys, chicken breasts and all other hot food at the right temperature[…]"
"You'll find a multitude of uses for these—cooking a chicken stew to baking cookies, transporting individual appetizers and using as shelves in cambros."
"Pickles rushed me into the manager's office, my hand still stuffed in a cambro of tomato goo."

Etymology

From a trademark of the Cambro Manufacturing Company.

Inflected Forms

cambros (plural)

Questions

What does cambro mean?: An insulated container for keeping food or drink hot.
Where does cambro come from?: From a trademark of the Cambro Manufacturing Company.

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