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# enrobe

verb (enrobe, enrobes, enrobed, enrobing)

«enrobe» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (formal) To enrobe someone is to dress them in a robe or special clothes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enrobe/#m1)
2. (cooking) To enrobe food is to coat it all over, especially in chocolate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enrobe/#m2)

### In the lessons

Rare. Seen on sweet packets («enrobed in milk chocolate») and in old or ceremonial writing (a judge or bishop enrobed). Phrases: enrobed in chocolate.

### Examples

- The biscuits are enrobed in milk chocolate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enrobe/#x1)
- The factory machine enrobes each sweet in chocolate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enrobe/#x2)
- The new judge was enrobed in red. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enrobe/#x3)
- The king was enrobed for the ceremony. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enrobe/#x4)
- The packet said «wafers enrobed in caramel». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enrobe/#x5)
- The choir was enrobed in white gowns. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enrobe/#x6)

### Note

A fancy word; plain words are «coated» or «dressed». Mainly used by food companies to sound posh. Not «unrobe» (which is the opposite: disrobe).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «enrobe» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enrobe/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«enrobe» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/enrobe.html) on Mova free.