“mise en”

The following 4 entries include the term mise en.

mise en place

noun

: a culinary process in which ingredients are prepared and organized (as in a restaurant kitchen) before cooking

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mise-en-scène

noun

: the arrangement of actors and scenery on a stage for a theatrical production

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mise en abyme

French phrase

: placement at the escutcheon's center : depiction of the escutcheon itself within an escutcheon : image within an image : story within a story

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mise-en-page

French noun

: placement on a page : page layout

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