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v. - Pour liquor over and ignite (a dish).

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Usage examples (34)
  • Adjective : steak flambé
  • Perhaps a cake showing cauterization should be "flambe"!
  • Next time he comes over I'll have to make a flambe.
  • It got pretty heated, and not just the flambe dessert/
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  • It would be ridiculous to try to make cherries "flambe" (dressed or served with flaming liquor, usually a dessert) with a "flambeau." (a torch)
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