cold stuffed tomato
- noun
:
tomate relleno frío
- The restaurant's cold stuffed tomato is a popular appetizer in the summer months.
Examples
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She served a cold stuffed tomato at the picnic, filled with egg salad.
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For lunch, I made a cold stuffed tomato with tuna and fresh herbs.
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I had a delicious cold stuffed tomato for lunch.
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Have you ever tried a cold stuffed tomato?
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For lunch, I made a cold stuffed tomato with tuna and fresh herbs.
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The restaurant's cold stuffed tomato is a popular appetizer in the summer months.
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She served a cold stuffed tomato at the picnic, filled with egg salad.
Synonyms
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A hollow tomato filled with rice, meat and vegetables and served hot or cold
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is fully compositional: 'stuffed' is the past-participle adjective form of 'stuff' (to fill), combined with the noun 'tomato' and modified by 'cold' to indicate serving temperature. This straightforward noun phrase follows common adjective + participle + noun patterns and is cross-linguistically predictable, so a B1 learner who knows the parts will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Cold stuffed tomato is a simple image: a tomato hollowed out, stuffed with a salad, and kept cold. So the name literally says it is a tomato 'served cold' and filled, which helps you remember it as a cool appetizer or lunch dish.