ragout
3
7.9
- noun
- /ræˈɡu/
:
ragú
- Last night, she served a delicious ragout over rice, bursting with the tastes of garlic and herbs.
- mushroom ragout
- bean ragout
- lamb ragout
Examples
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For dinner, we enjoyed a flavorful ragout made with chicken, carrots, and spices.
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It's such a hodge-podge, a ragout of lots of different things that came into the pot.
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It's rack of lamb with truffled ragout.
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"I took one more forkful of the ragout, and sighed very deeply.
Fiction book (2001) -
The reply arrived within fifteen hours, which is a long time to spend worrying in a hotel that serves ragout of tofu.
Fiction book (2001) -
A notable dark and glossy ragout, the constituents never determined, on saffron rice.
Fiction book (2001) -
There was a highly seasoned platter of pork slices, a sort of ragout of sweet potatoes, nothing green.
Fiction book (1993) -
She tasted the ragout (stew) and the soup in the big, shiny cauldrons.
Fiction book (1994) -
The chef prepared a rich ragout of beef and vegetables that simmered for hours.
Synonyms
110
1.0
A dish of meat or fish and vegetables cooked slowly in liquid
1
8.4
A thick dish people make from whatever meat and vegetables they have
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Etymology
Ragout comes from the French verb ragoûter, where goûter means 'to taste' and re- gives a sense of 'again', so you can think of a dish that 'wakes up' the taste. That's why a ragout is a rich, well-seasoned stew made to excite the appetite.