English Explanatory Dictionary

assiette

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A plate of food, but typically a small plate containing the same food item prepared in various different ways
  2. A mixture of bole, bloodstone, and galena once used in bookbinding as a gilding surface

Word forms

assiette assiettes

Etymology

Borrowed from French assiette. Doublet of ashet.

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