: dressed or served covered with flaming liquor
—usually used postpositively
crepes suzette flambé
flambéed; flambéing
: to douse with a liquor (such as brandy, rum, or cognac) and ignite
Examples of flambé in a Sentence
Verb
The crepes were flambéed with brandy.
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Petula Dvorak, chicagotribune.com, 24 Oct. 2019
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President Barack Obama and his family, on the other had, were once again flambeed online for their take on the season.
—Petula Dvorak, chicagotribune.com, 24 Oct. 2019
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“Flambé.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flamb%C3%A9. Accessed 17 Apr. 2024.
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