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/kˈɑmpoʊt/ Listen

noun

Compote n.

A preparation of fruit in sirup in such a manner as to preserve its form, either whole, halved, or quartered; as, a compote of pears.

A bowl-shaped dish having a stem, and a base smaller than the bowl, used to serve compotes or other items, such as candies, nuts, or fruit; a compote dish. Compotes may be made of different materials, such as glass, porcelain, or silver.

Synonyms: compote dish, compotier.

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Etymology of 'Compote'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Compote" Quotes from Famous Books

... receive the animals as they came along, two by two; but these were a little easier to keep track of, because you could remind yourself by saying: "That was the one done up in currant juice; that was the one with compote of cherries," and so on; which, of course, ...

— The Chauffeur and the Chaperon • C. N. Williamson

... beefsteak and running upstairs to get ready for a nice young man to bring you a box of chocolates? Why am I not measuring out calico in Shipley & West's? Instead, we are going to Frau Schwarz', to listen to cold ham and scorched compote eaten in ...

— The Street of Seven Stars • Mary Roberts Rinehart

... wife, and together they went in to the birthday feast. Ferdinand William Otto was hungry. He ate eagerly—chicken, fruit compote, potato salad—again shades of the Court physicians, who fed him at night a balanced ration of milk, egg, and zwieback! Bobby also ate busily, ...

— Long Live the King • Mary Roberts Rinehart

... It was one of those exuberant peaches that meet you halfway, so to speak, and are all over you in a moment. It was a beautiful unspoiled product of a hothouse, and yet it managed quite successfully to give itself the airs of a compote. You had to bite it and imbibe it at the same time. To me there has always been something charming and mystic in the thought of that delicate velvet globe of fruit, slowly ripening and warming to perfection through the long ...

— The Chronicles of Clovis • Saki

... Salmon coated with mayonnaise sauce. Cucumber. One pigeon pie. One veal-and-ham pie. One ox tongue. A stone cream. One tipsy cake. A dish of Genoise pastry. A pine-apple jelly. A compote of peaches. Strawberries and cream. A lemon ...

— The Skilful Cook - A Practical Manual of Modern Experience • Mary Harrison