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noun
Any of various kinds of food that have been immersed in a substance for both flavor and preservation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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verb
To prepare (food) in this manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
a piece of meat (especially a duck) cooked slowly in its own fat
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: cut, cut of meat
History
Unadapted borrowing from French confit, past participle of confire (“to preserve”), from Latin cōnficiō (perfect passive participle cōnfectus). Doublet of comfit, confect, confetto, and konfyt. Compare comfit.
