fruit compote
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4.1
- noun
- /frut kəmˈpoʊt/
:
compota de frutas
- For dessert, we enjoyed a delicious fruit compote made from peaches and berries.
- fresh fruit compote
- fruit compote for dessert
- a cup of fruit compote
Examples
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While the crepes are cooling, I make a very quick fruit compote in the same pan: fat of choice, a handful of fruit, a small drizzle of honey, and a drop or two of extract.
Blog text (27) -
Add a bowl of fresh fruit compote or preserves as an accompaniment, a few slices of pears with honey, or a handful of dried apricots.
Blog text (6) -
" Karen ordered her usual: fresh juice, fruit compote, coffee, hard roll."
Fiction book (1992) -
And then we have delicious and chorizo and then we have a little fruit compote to go with it.
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- Fruit compote.
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Fruit compote.
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"From the orchard, I make fruit compote from dried apples and prunes, and from the sky, honey."
Academic text (1996) -
They sent Mrs. O'Dare to the shops for mutton, vegetables, ingredients for gravy, and a fruit compote.
Fiction book (2001) -
People who live along the route greet pilgrims with water, fruit compote, tomatoes, apples, or, on hot days, they spray pilgrims with water from hoses.
Academic text (2000) -
Yesterday the spirit moved me, and I went into the kitchen and magically revived Mother's fruit compote, the one with black plums, slices of lemon, and quince.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
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7.2
Cooked fruit, often sweetened, served cold or warm as a dessert
How Cooked
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'compote' denotes a dessert of stewed fruit and the modifier 'fruit' simply specifies the type, so a learner who knows both words can derive the full meaning. This noun+noun composition and the concept of a stewed-fruit dessert are common cross-linguistically (e.g., French compote, Spanish compota), supporting immediate transparency for B1 learners.
Etymology
Fruit compote comes from French cooking, where cooks gently stewed pieces of fruit with sugar and served them in a small dish called a compote. So the name came to mean this sweet, cooked 'dessert'.