tureen
noun/tjuˈriːn/
/təˈriːn/
- a large, deep dish with a lid (= cover), used for serving vegetables or soupTopics Cooking and eatingc2Oxford Collocations DictionaryTureen is used after these nouns:
- soup
Word Originmid 18th cent.: alteration of earlier terrine, from French terrine ‘large earthenware pot’, feminine of Old French terrin ‘earthen’, based on Latin terra ‘earth’.Definitions on the go
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