Definition of raclette

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ra·clette    (rä-klt, r-) KEY 

NOUN:

1. A Swiss dish consisting of cheese melted and served on boiled potatoes or bread.
2. A firm cheese used in making this dish.

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ETYMOLOGY:
French, from racler, to rake, scrape, from Provençal rasclar, to rake, from Old Provençal, from Vulgar Latin *rsculre, from *rsculum, diminutive of Latin rstrum, rake; see rd- in Indo-European roots