glacé

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gla·cé / glaˈsā/ • adj. 1. (of fruit) having a glossy surface due to preservation in sugar: a glacé cherry.2. (of cloth or leather) smooth and highly polished.• v. (-cés, -céed / -ˈsād/ or -céd, -cé·ing) [tr.] glaze with a thin sugar-based coating: [as adj.] glacéed cape gooseberries.

glacé

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glacé smooth and highly polished; iced, sugared. XIX. — F., pp. of glacer ice, give a gloss to, f. glace ice.

glacé

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glacé
1. Iced or frozen.

2. Having a smooth glossy surface or glaze.

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