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gra·tin

G0237700 (grät′n, grăt′n, gră-tăN′)n.1. A top crust consisting of bread crumbs or grated cheese mixed with butter and browned in the oven.2. A dish topped with such a crust: "I find gratins so easy that I probably make them more than any other dish" (Martha Rose Shulman).
[French, from obsolete grater, to scratch, scrape, from Old French; see grate1.]

gratin

(French ɡratɛ̃) adj (Cookery) See au gratin

grat•in

(ˈgræt n, ˈgrɑt-; Fr. graˈtɛ̃)

n. 1. the crust formed on food cooked au gratin. 2. a dish cooked au gratin: potato gratin. [1800–10; < French; see grate2, -ine3]
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