compote
noun/ˈkɑmpoʊt/
Frequency rank: #19,535 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
A dessert of fruit cooked slowly in syrup.
Example sentence
She served fresh berries as the sweet compote at the end of the dinner party.
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