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| amandine |
prepared or served with almonds. |
| arm2 |
to become prepared for a state of war. [1/7 definitions] |
| armed |
prepared, as for a given purpose. [1/4 definitions] |
| bar1 |
a business establishment that primarily serves alcoholic drinks, or an area within an establishment where alcoholic drinks are prepared. [1/13 definitions] |
| box lunch |
an individual light meal, prepared and put in a box to be eaten later, as during travel or at a picnic. |
| butterscotch |
a flavoring or candy prepared from butter, brown sugar, and other ingredients. [1/2 definitions] |
| canned |
(informal) prepared beforehand for repeated use; not spontaneous or lively. [1/2 definitions] |
| capsicum |
these pods or their seeds prepared, esp. dried, for use as a condiment or gastric stimulant. [1/2 definitions] |
| carry-out |
of food prepared in a commercial establishment, ready to eat but to be taken off the premises; take-out. [1/2 definitions] |
| cigar |
a slender, tight roll of cured tobacco leaves prepared for smoking. |
| collect |
to make (oneself) calm or prepared, esp. after being disturbed or disrupted. [1/8 definitions] |
| contingency |
a possible future event that must be prepared for. [1/3 definitions] |
| convenience food |
partially or fully processed food, such as a frozen meal, that can be quickly prepared. |
| copy desk |
a desk in a newspaper office where copy is edited and prepared for typesetting, and where headlines are composed. |
| cornflakes |
a commercially prepared breakfast cereal made of small toasted flakes of coarse cornmeal, usu. eaten in milk. |
| crank up |
(informal) to get prepared or begin. [1/2 definitions] |
| Creole |
(l.c.) prepared with tomatoes, peppers, and seasonings, as a sauce or dish. [1/6 definitions] |
| crop |
a pouch in the esophagus of a bird, in which food is stored and prepared for digestion, or a similar digestive organ in lower animals such as insects and earthworms. [1/12 definitions] |
| cuisine |
a particular type of cooking, especially that of a particular region, or the food in general that is prepared in this way. |
| cyanamide |
a caustic, white, unstable compound prepared by the reaction of calcium cyanamide with sulfuric acid and used in chemical production. |
| decal |
a design or picture transferred or made to be transferred from specially prepared paper to glass, metal, wood, or the like. |
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