Meaning of ramekin | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A small glass or earthenware dish, often white and circular, in which food is baked and served.
2. A cheese- or meat-based dish baked in a small mold.

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Examples

“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.”

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