raclette


ra·clette

R0008700 (rä-klĕt′, ră-)n.1. A Swiss dish consisting of cheese melted and served on boiled potatoes or bread.2. A firm cheese used in making this dish.
[French, from racler, to rake, scrape, from Provençal rasclar, to rake, from Old Provençal, from Vulgar Latin *rāsculāre, from *rāsculum, diminutive of Latin rāstrum, rake; see rēd- in Indo-European roots.]

raclette

(ræˈklɛt) n (Cookery) a Swiss dish of melted cheese served on boiled potatoes[C20: from French, from racler to scrape, because the cheese is traditionally melted and scraped onto a plate]
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