Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Warmed leftover food.
- noun Old material reworked or rehashed.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A warmed-up dish; hence, a new concoction of old materials; a literary rehash.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A dish of food that has been warmed again, hence, fig., something made up from old material; a rehash.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun warmed leftovers
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[French, past participle of réchauffer, to reheat, warm over, from Old French rechaufer : re-, re- + echaufer, to warm (from Vulgar Latin *excalefāre : Latin ex-, intensive pref.; see ex– + Latin calefacere, to warm; see chafe).]
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bilby commented on the word réchauffé
Needs a warmed up limerick, aye.
May 17, 2018
qms commented on the word réchauffé
I like finding rhymes recherché,
The fanciful, rare or outré,
But often I flail
To little avail
And serve up a soup réchauffé.
May 18, 2018
bilby commented on the word réchauffé
*wild applause*
May 18, 2018