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ramekin

noun
/ˈɹæm(ɪ)kɪn/

Etymology

Borrowed 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.

  1. derived from ramken
  2. derived from rammeken
  3. borrowed from ramequin

Definitions

  1. A small glass or earthenware dish, often white and circular, in which food is baked and…

    A small glass or earthenware dish, often white and circular, in which food is baked and served.

    • The starters have arrived, two triangles of buttered brown bread and a neat little ramekin of crab buried under a haystack of cress, which Smith promptly relocates so that she can sprinkle it over each mouthful.
    • Setting the soufflés before us, the waitress warns that the ramekins are hot.

  2. A cheese- or meat-based dish baked in a small mold.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA