compote Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun dessert of stewed or baked fruit
    fruit compote.

WordNet

Com"pote noun
Etymology
F. See Compost.
Definitions
  1. A preparation of fruit in sirup in such a manner as to preserve its form, either whole, halved, or quartered; as, a compote of pears. Littr.

Webster 1913