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glacé

Syllabification: (gla·cé)
Pronunciation: /glaˈsā/
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Definition of glacé

adjective

[attributive]
  • 1(of fruit) having a glossy surface due to preservation in sugar:a glacé cherry
  • 2(of cloth or leather) smooth and highly polished.

verb (glacés, glacéing, glacéed /-ˈsād/ or glacéd)

[with object]
  • glaze with a thin sugar-based coating: [as adjective]:glacéed cape gooseberries

Origin:

mid 19th century: French, literally 'iced', past participle of glacer, from glace 'ice'

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