bake vs braise

bake

verb
  • To be cooked in an oven. 

  • To incorporate into something greater. 

  • To cause to be hot. 

  • To be hot. 

  • To cook (something) in an oven (for someone). 

  • To dry by heat. 

  • To smoke marijuana. 

  • To be warmed to drying and hardening. 

  • To fix (lighting, reflections, etc.) as part of the texture of an object to improve rendering performance. 

noun
  • A small, flat (or ball-shaped) cake of dough eaten in Barbados and sometimes elsewhere, similar in appearance and ingredients to a pancake but fried (or in some places sometimes roasted). 

  • Any of various baked dishes resembling casserole. 

  • Any food item that is baked. 

  • The act of cooking food by baking. 

  • A social event at which food (such as seafood) is baked, or at which baked food is served. 

braise

verb
  • To cook in a small amount of liquid, in a covered pan, somewhere between steaming and boiling. 

noun
  • A sauce used for braising. 

  • A dish (usually meat) prepared by braising. 

  • Pagellus bogaraveo, syn. Pagellus centrodontus (sea bream) 

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