marmite
/ˈmɑɹˌmaɪt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.53 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A rounded cooking pot of various designs, commonly pot-bellied, with or without tripod, handles, lid etc; originally earthenware but currently more commonly of cast iron or other metals.
name
Alternative letter-case form of Marmite.
Example Sentences
- "1824 Thomas Gill. The Technical Repository p. 180: XXXV: On the French Marmite, or Pot-au-Feu: and on preparing Bouillon with it My little boy having been ill of a fever for forty days, I have learned from his attendant how to make the celebrated soup (bouillon) of Paris: and finding it to be superior to any that I ever before tasted, I take the liberty to send you the directions necessary to enable any one to prepare this cheap and desirable food. Earthen-pots with covers, made to hold from one to seven pounds of meat, are found in every family. The marmite bought for me was for one-and-a-half pound only: this quantity of lean meat (bœufmaigre), was always part of the leg or shoulder: it was put into the marmite, which was then filled up with cold water, about five pints, and placed on the hearth, close to the wood-fire; and when it began to simmer or boil gently, it threw up a scum, which was carefully taken off from time to time with a spoon, for the space of threequarters of an hour, which perfectly cleansed the meat and water from every impurity."
- "Required: […] One tablespoonful of nutril or one small teaspoonful of marmite."
- "Stir a spoonful of marmite into some brown gravy, and pour over the potatoes, etc."
- "A teaspoonful of marmite, a dessertspoonful of a good brand of cod-liver oil, and two glasses of water between meals, would make the diet complete."
- "A spoonful of marmite added to soups and gravies after they are cooked improves their flavour."
- "The treatment of this particular form of anæmia lies in giving vitamin B, a suitable preparation being a teaspoonful of marmite three times a day, together with desiccated gastric mucosa."
Etymology
Borrowed from French marmite.
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: marmite
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈmɑɹˌmaɪt/
- British English: /ˈmɑːˌmaɪt/
Usage
- British usage
- Countable
- Informal
- Uncountable
- Transitive verb
Inflected Forms
marmites (plural)
more Marmite (comparative)
most Marmite (superlative)
Marmites (present, singular)
Marmiting (participle, present)
Marmited (participle, past)
Marmited (past)