eggplant parmesan
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3.0
- noun
- /ˈɛɡˌplænt ˌpɑr.məˈzæn/
- US
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berenjena a la parmesana
- We enjoyed a hearty plate of eggplant parmesan that was crispy on the outside and soft inside.
Examples
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I hope you like eggplant parmesan..
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The secret to take-out eggplant parmesan is extra cheese.
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Actually, he's just off the red-eye from Vegas, in a cab this very minute, racing back here to make sure your eggplant Parmesan is up to his specifications.
Blog text (21) -
They filed into Dunbar dining hall, made their choices among grilled-cheese sandwiches, eggplant parmesan that looked like a collection of stepping stones in some alien red swamp, or chicken pot pie.
Fiction book (1991) -
For dinner, I made a delicious eggplant parmesan with layers of cheese and homemade tomato sauce.
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At the Italian restaurant, I ordered the eggplant parmesan, and it was baked to perfection.
Synonyms
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6.8
A cooked dish like chicken or eggplant with tomato sauce and melted cheese
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4.6
An Italian baked dish with layers of breaded meat or vegetables, tomato sauce and cheese
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and predictably built from the constituents: 'eggplant' names the main ingredient and 'Parmesan' names the cheese used, so a learner who knows both words will infer it is a dish made with eggplant and Parmesan cheese. Dish names formed by ingredient combinations are common cross-linguistically and follow transparent noun-noun composition, making this readily comprehensible to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Eggplant parmesan gets its name from its two main parts: fried eggplant and the cheese parmesan. One popular story says cooks layered fried eggplant with tomato sauce and parmesan, then baked it, so the name now means 'a baked, cheesy eggplant dish'.