ramekin
A small glass or earthenware dish, often white and circular, in which food is baked…A small glass or earthenware dish, often white and circular, in which food is baked and served.
» The spatulas, ramekins, plates, and mugs are all from the collection.
Meaning
2 sensesA small glass or earthenware dish, often white and circular, in which food is baked and served.
a cheese dish made with egg and bread crumbs that is baked and served in individual fireproof dishes
A cheese- or meat-based dish baked in a small mold.
Soufflé-Förmchen, Auflaufförmchen
рамеки́нramekín
a small fireproof dish used for baking and serving individual portions
Examples
1 sentencesThe spatulas, ramekins, plates, and mugs are all from the collection.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French ramequin, from dialectal Dutch rammeken (“cheese dish”) (compare DutcBorrowed from French ramequin, from dialectal Dutch rammeken (“cheese dish”) (compare Dutch rameken (“toasted bread”)) or Low German ramken (“cream”), equivalent to ream + -kin. Compare mannequin/mannikin, and compare creamer.
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