tureen
a large, deep, covered dish for serving soup, stew, or other foods.
Origin of tureen
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How to use tureen in a sentence
When done, dish up with clear gravy, and hand bread sauce in a tureen with it.
Dressed Game and Poultry la Mode | Harriet A. de SalisThe smash of the soup-tureen, and swift descent of the kitchen-maid and soup-ladle down the stairs to the lower regions.
A Little Dinner at Timmins's | William Makepeace ThackerayJust 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.
Brother Jacques (Novels of Paul de Kock, Volume XVII) | Charles Paul de Kock
British Dictionary definitions for tureen
/ (təˈriːn) /
a large deep usually rounded dish with a cover, used for serving soups, stews, etc
Origin of tureen
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