Definizione monolingua

salamander

salamander (third-person singular simple present salamanders, present participle salamandering, simple past and past participle salamandered)

1. To apply a salamander (flat iron utensil above) in a cooking process.

   19th C.: When cold, sprinkle the custard thickly with sugar and salamander it. — a 19th century crème brûlée recipe quoted in Richard Daunton-Fear and Penelope Vigar, Australian Colonial Cookery, Rigby, 1977, ISBN 0-7270-0187-6, page 41

salamander (plural salamanders)

1. A long slender (usually) terrestrial amphibian, resembling a lizard and newt; taxonomic order Urodela
2. (mythology) A creature much like a lizard that is resistant to and lives in fire, hence the elemental being of fire.
3. (cooking) A metal utensil with a flat head which is heated and put over a dish to brown the top.

   1977: The salamander, a fairly long metal utensil with a flat rounded head, was left in the fire until red hot and then used to brown the top of a dish without further cooking. — Richard Daunton-Fear and Penelope Vigar, Australian Colonial Cookery, Rigby, 1977, ISBN 0-7270-0187-6, page 41 (discussing 19th century cookery)

4. (cooking) In a professional kitchen a small broiler, used primarily for browning.

   The chef first put the steak under the salamander to sear the outside.

Definizione dizionario salamander

	salamandra
	mythical creature
	metal utensil
	small broiler
	amphibian

	salamandre
	Any amphibian of the order Urodela (or Caudata). The adults keep their tails by opposition to the frogs and the caecilians.

Urodela

salamadra

urodela

Altri significati:

(cooking) A metal utensil with a flat head which is heated and put over a dish to brown the top.

(cooking) In a professional kitchen a small broiler, used primarily for browning.

To apply a salamander (flat iron utensil above) in a cooking process.

A long slender (usually) terrestrial amphibian, resembling a lizard and newt; taxonomic order Urodela

(mythology) A creature much like a lizard that is resistant to and lives in fire, hence the elemental being of fire.

Name given to most of the species of amphibians of the order Urodela.