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noun
1.
a cooked food, especially a vegetable or fruit, that has been put through a sieve, blender, or the like.
2.
a soup made with ingredients that have been puréed.
verb (used with object)
3.
to make a purée of.
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Purée
is one of our favorite verbs.
So is bowdlerise. Does it mean:
| to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable. |
| to run away hurriedly; flee. |
Also, pu·ree.
Origin:
1700–10; < French, noun use of feminine past participle of purer to strain, literally, make pure; see pure
1700–10; < French, noun use of feminine past participle of purer to strain, literally, make pure; see pure
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