to enrobe
- verb
- /ɪnˈroʊb/
- Specialized
- Customers go wild over chocolate-enrobed macarons, so much so that the bakery only offers them at holiday time, or William would spend the best part of each day making them.
Examples
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She commiserates with me about my left shoe, enrobed in wet mud.
Blog text (25) -
The chef decided to enrobe the strawberries in rich dark chocolate for the dessert.
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Enrobe the roaring waters with my silks.
Academic text (1998) -
Behind the cantor walked the rabbi, also enrobed.
Fiction book (1997) -
And I have to have the seven-tiered white chocolate-curl torte... ...enrobed in marzipan with edible pearls and flourishes.
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They plan to enrobe the truffles in a layer of white chocolate before serving.
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For the final presentation, the dish was enrobed with a glossy sauce that enhanced its flavor.
Synonyms
To put something over another thing to protect or hide it
To cover something with a thin layer of a substance
To surround something completely, like fog or darkness
To cover something completely, often with a cloth
To cover something completely, for example with fog or snow
To cover completely with something so it is hard to see or reach
To put clothes on someone or cover their body with clothes
To cover something thickly with small shiny objects like jewels
To cover something with a layer of material
To cover something completely, as if by a blanket or mist
To wrap something completely in cloth or bandages
To dress someone in a long loose garment for a ceremony
To cover something completely so you cannot see or understand it
To cover something completely, like fog or snow
To cover something completely, often by surrounding it with cloth or paper
To cover something with an extra layer, often paint or varnish
To cover something with an extra layer to protect it or make it look nicer
Antonyms
How Coated
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Enrobe comes from the parts en- 'in' and robe 'garment'. So it originally meant 'to put into a robe', and today it means to wrap or cover something completely, like coating a truffle in chocolate.