Definitions for fondues

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fondues fon·due

Spelling: [fon-doo, -dyoo, fon-doo, -dyoo; French faw<

IPA: /fɒnˈdu, -ˈdyu, ˈfɒn du, -dyu; French fɔ̃ˈdü/

Fondues is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 171 anagrams from letters in fondues (defnosu).

Definitions for fondues

noun

1. a saucelike dish of Swiss origin made with melted cheese and seasonings together with dry white wine, usually flavored with kirsch: served as a hot dip for pieces of bread.
2. a dish of hot liquid in which small pieces of food are cooked or dipped:
3. a baked soufflélike dish usually containing cheese and cracker crumbs or bread crumbs.

adjective

1. Also, fondu. melted.

Origin of fondues

1875-80; French; feminine of fondu fondu

Examples for fondues

He tells, too, of a fondue party he threw for a couple of his septuagenarian cousins in Paris "about the year 1801."

The match for a dark, heavy beer is a food that is just as robust: fondue.

At such a party a little heated wine is added if the fondue gets too thick.

Please note that fondue protocol calls for each egg to be beaten separately in cases like this.

Yet the fondue has added to the gaiety and inebriety of nations, if not of dictionaries.

There is a conspiracy among the dictionary makers to take the heart out of the fondue.

When the knife comes out clean, take the basin out of the water and turn the fondue out on a dish.

The best part: fondue has come out of the closet, and is no longer limited to melted cheese and bread.

In the 1950s, fondue became popular as an American party food, both for its novelty and its communal nature.