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| bain-ma·rie [ bàN mə r ] (plural bain-ma·ries [ bàN mə r ]) |
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type of cooking utensil: a cooking utensil containing hot water into which another container is placed to keep food warm or cook it gently
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| [Early 19th century. < French, via medieval Latin translation < Greek kaminos Marias "alchemist's apparatus," literally "furnace of Maria" (alchemist and sister of Moses)] |
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