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.
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Cooking, Food, Lifestyle 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.2023 July 15, Josh Noble, “‘Life is not a bowl of cherries’”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3:
- Setting the soufflés before us, the waitress warns that the ramekins are hot.2025 May 3, Leila Abboud, “Lunch with the FT: Jean-Luc Mélenchon”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3:
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A cheese- or meat-based dish baked in a small mold.
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