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lobster Newburg

lobster Newburg

1 7.8
A rich dish of lobster in a creamy sauce on buttered toast or rice
  • noun
  • /ˈlɒbstər ˈnjuːbɜːrɡ/
translation icon : langosta Newburg
  • She prepared a classic recipe for lobster Newburg to impress her guests at the dinner party.

Examples

  • I came for the lobster Newburg.

    Shadow of Doubt (1998)

  • For dinner, we enjoyed a delicious lobster Newburg served on a bed of buttery toast.

  • The restaurant's specialty is lobster Newburg, and it always attracts food lovers.

Synonyms

lobster à la Newburg
vslobster Newburg
9.9

A dish of lobster cooked in a rich cream sauce and served on toast or rice

is the same dish but named or phrased in a slightly different style

Surface Forms

lobster Newburg singular
lobster Newburgs plural

Morphology

lobster + Newburg

The phrase is directly compositional: 'lobster' denotes the seafood and 'Newburg' names a rich cream sauce, so the combined meaning is simply lobster served with Newburg sauce. This culinary naming pattern is predictable and a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the dish meaning.

Etymology

Lobster Newburg may come from a famous New York restaurant in the 1800s. One popular story says a chef made a rich, creamy sauce for lobster and named the dish for a customer called Newburg, so the name now means 'lobster in a creamy Newburg sauce'.