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tureen

[ too-reen, tyoo- ]

noun

  1. a large, deep, covered dish for serving soup, stew, or other foods.


tureen

/ təˈriːn /

noun

  1. a large deep usually rounded dish with a cover, used for serving soups, stews, etc
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tureen1

1700–10; earlier terrene < French terrine earthenware dish, Middle French, feminine of terrin of the earth, earthen < Vulgar Latin *terrīnus, equivalent to Latin terr ( a ) earth + -īnus -ine 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tureen1

C18: from French terrine earthenware vessel, from terrin made of earthenware, from Vulgar Latin terrīnus (unattested) earthen, from Latin terra earth
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Example Sentences

When done, dish up with clear gravy, and hand bread sauce in a tureen with it.

The smash of the soup-tureen, and swift descent of the kitchen-maid and soup-ladle down the stairs to the lower regions.

Just a comfortable tureen of soup, with a pint of punch, and nothing solid to follow, but a tender juicy steak.

He feelingly repeated after me, "A tureen of turtle, and a tender juicy steak."

The servants did in fact find the tureen, which they soon returned to its place, holding their noses.

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