cheese fondue
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- noun
- /ˈtʃiz ˈfɒndu/
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fondue de queso
- At the Swiss festival, locals demonstrated how to make traditional cheese fondue using melted cheese and white wine.
- prepare a cheese fondue
Examples
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On chilly evenings, we love gathering around the table to enjoy a warm pot of cheese fondue with crusty bread and assorted veggies.
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I remember that my mother and I were eating cheese fondue for dinner.
Fiction book (1997) -
I was dying for one of my favorite dishes, cheese fondue, and when we did find it, it was delicious.
Blog text (23) -
Leftover cheese fondue from last night.
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That, my dear brother, is a cheese fondue... accompanied by a compote of broccoli and prunes.
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My friends and I shared a delicious cheese fondue at the restaurant, complete with a variety of toppings for dipping.
Synonyms
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Melted cheese or chocolate in a shared pot that people dip bread and fruit into
A shared pot of hot cheese, chocolate, or oil for dipping pieces of food
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Morphology
The phrase is directly compositional: a "fondue" is a melted-dip preparation and "cheese" specifies the type, so "cheese fondue" straightforwardly denotes melted cheese served for dipping. This is a literal, culinary compound (and a common cross-linguistic/loanword concept), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Cheese fondue comes from Switzerland and began as a simple way for people to share 'melted' cheese from one pot. The word fondue comes from French for 'melted', and because people dip bread into the same pot, cheese fondue now means a shared pot of cheese for 'dipping'.