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🧀 Melted cheese dish 🍽️ Cheese melting device
raclette

raclette

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A small grill used at the table to melt cheese for eating
  • noun
  • /ræˈklɛt/
: raclette
  • For dinner, we melted raclette cheese in the special tabletop grill and served it with potatoes.

Examples

  • Don't forget to bring the raclette to the party!

  • Have you ever used a raclette machine?

  • We used a raclette to melt cheese and enjoy a cozy dinner with friends.

  • The restaurant brought a raclette to our table so we could serve ourselves.

  • After buying a new raclette, they hosted a traditional Swiss meal at home.

  • The family gathered around the raclette machine to enjoy melted cheese over their meals.

  • At the party, guests took turns using the raclette to heat cheese right at the table.

Surface Forms

raclette singular
raclette plural

Etymology

Raclette as the tabletop grill takes its name from the French verb racler, 'to scrape'. The appliance melts the cheese so you can scrape it onto your plate, which is why the machine and the dish share the same name.