FRICASSEE

 Dictionary entry overview: What does fricassee mean? 

• FRICASSEE (noun)
  The noun FRICASSEE has 1 sense:

1. pieces of chicken or other meat stewed in gravy with e.g. carrots and onions and served with noodles or dumplings

  Familiarity information: FRICASSEE used as a noun is very rare.

• FRICASSEE (verb)
  The verb FRICASSEE has 1 sense:

1. make a fricassee of by cooking

  Familiarity information: FRICASSEE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FRICASSEE (noun)

Meaning:

Pieces of chicken or other meat stewed in gravy with e.g. carrots and onions and served with noodles or dumplings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("fricassee" is a kind of...):

stew (food prepared by stewing especially meat or fish with vegetables)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fricassee"):

chicken stew (a stew made with chicken)

turkey stew (a stew made with turkey)

• FRICASSEE (verb)

Meaning:

Make a fricassee of by cooking

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

fricassee meats

Hypernyms (to "fricassee" is one way to...):

cook (transform and make suitable for consumption by heating)

Domain category:

cookery; cooking; preparation (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

The chefs fricassee the vegetables