tu·reen

(to͝o-rēn′, tyo͝o-)

A broad, deep, usually covered dish used for serving foods such as soups or stews.

[French terrine, from Old French, from feminine of terrin, earthen, from Vulgar Latin *terrīnus, from Latin terra, earth; see ters- in Indo-European roots.]

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tureen

(təˈriːn)

(Cookery) a large deep usually rounded dish with a cover, used for serving soups, stews, etc

[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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tu•reen

(tʊˈrin, tyʊ-)

n.

a large, deep, covered dish for serving soup, stew, etc.

[1700–10; < French terrine earthenware dish, Middle French, feminine of terrin earthen < Vulgar Latin *terrīnus, derivative of Latin terr(a) earth]

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Noun

tureen - large deep serving dish with a cover; for serving soups and stews

serving dish - a dish used for serving food

Translations

liemimalja

tureen

[təˈriːn] N → sopera f

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tureen

[tjuəˈriːn] n → soupière f

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tureen

n → (Suppen)terrine f

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tureen

[təˈriːn] n → zuppiera

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instead of tears and prayers to start her on her last journey, she has insults and jeers from a young ensign, who stands before her with his hands in his pockets, making a terrible row about a soup tureen!' Of course I was to blame, and even now that I have time to look back at it calmly, I pity the poor old thing no less.

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He seized a tureen of hot apple sauce (the first thing that came under his gripe) and dashed it full against the speaker's face and neck; who instantly commenced a lament that brought Isabella and Catherine hurrying to the place.

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At this moment Bruno appeared, wearing a little white apron to show that he was a Cook, and carrying a tureen full of very queer-looking soup.

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He served the company through the noon meal, although it was all he could do to refrain from capsizing the big tureen of split-pea soup over the head of Simon Nishikanta.

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And here we are, up to our necks in the tureen. Why, I've only been back three weeks from Uganda, and taken a place in Scotland, and signed the lease and all.

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My stomach used to quail within me, in those times, when the tureen was taken off and the inevitable gravy-soup smell renewed its daily acquaintance with my nostrils, and warned me of the persistent eatable formalities that were certain to follow.

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However, he did nothing of the kind, but instead thereof assisted a stout servant girl in turning the contents of the cauldron into a large tureen; a proceeding which the dogs, proof against various hot splashes which fell upon their noses, watched with terrible eagerness.

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`Beautiful Soup, so rich and green, Waiting in a hot tureen! Who for such dainties would not stoop?

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'Here I am!' cried a voice from the soup tureen, and Alice turned again, just in time to see the Queen's broad good-natured face grinning at her for a moment over the edge of the tureen, before she disappeared into the soup.

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Broken bread and scraps of frozen macaroni lay upon the cloth and at the bottom of two soup-plates and a tureen; the macaroni had a tinge of tomato; and there was a crimson dram left in the tumblers, with an empty fiasco to show whence it came.

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Whereupon the apoplectic butler whisked off the top of the soup tureen, and shot, all at once, into a state of violent activity.

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Benson, in some surprise, removed the cheese, and did his best to effect a quiet and speedy clearance of the rest; but, unfortunately, there was a rumple in the carpet, caused by the hasty pushing back of his master's chair, at which he tripped and stumbled, causing a rather alarming concussion with the trayful of crockery in his hands, but no positive damage, save the fall and breaking of a sauce tureen; but, to my unspeakable shame and dismay, Arthur turned furiously around upon him, and swore at him with savage coarseness.

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