- a predisposition to like something; "he had a fondness for whiskey"
- affection: a positive feeling of liking; "he had trouble expressing the affection he felt"; "the child won everyone's heart"; "the warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home"
- affectionateness: a quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love
- (fond) affectionate: having or displaying warmth or affection; "affectionate children"; "a fond embrace"; "fond of his nephew"; "a tender glance"; "a warm embrace"
- (fond) adoring: extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent; "adoring grandparents"; "deceiving her preoccupied and doting husband with a young captain"; "hopelessly spoiled by a fond mother"
- fond(p): (followed by `of' or `to') having a strong preference or liking for; "fond of chocolate"; "partial to horror movies"
- (fond) absurd or silly because unlikely; "fond hopes of becoming President"; "fond fancies"
- (Fond) Deglazing is a cooking technique for removing and dissolving caramelized bits of food from a pan in order to make a pan sauce.
- the quality of being fond
- (fond) The background design in lace-making; To have a foolish affection for, to be fond of; affectionate; indulgent; outlandish; foolish; silly
- (Fond) The French word for stock.
- (Fond) (1) French for stock or base ; (2) the concentrated juices, drippings and bits of food left in pans after foods are roasted or sautéed; it is used to flavor sauces made directly in the pans in which foods were cooked.
- (FOND) if you are fond, it makes you start fondling. But if you love, you want to possess.
- (Fond) (FAHND) – The remains in a pan after an item is cooked that contains intense flavors. Usually removed by a liquid in the act of deglazing.
- (Fond) A flavoured stock used for making a sauces and soups.
- (Fond) Means a stock, in French.
- (Fond) The residue sticking to the pan after browning food. The fond is generally dissolved by adding a liquid, such as broth or wine, to the hot pan and scraped up by the tip of a spatula. The fond adds flavor to sauces and gravies.
- (a fond) phr. - 'to the bottom'; thoroughly.
- (fond) solids (sucs) left in the bottom of a pan after cooking meats; adding water to dissolve the sucs creates the fond base liquid
- (fond) the brown carmelized bits of "stuff" left in the pan after you saute meat or fish. It's the stuff you make great sauces from...sort of a base.
- The state of liking or loving something. Warm affection or liking.