stew
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1.0
- noun
- /stu/
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guiso
- Garth rose at noon and ate the vegetable stew and fresh bread she had prepared.
- beef stew
- Irish stew
- a bowl of stew
So mostly Korean food, but mostly Stew, which is quick and easy.
- So mostly Korean food, but mostly Stew, which is quick and easy.
- What's the difference between Stew soup and chili?
- We do some broths and soups and stews and things like that.
- So we have one Tupperware for a leftover Stew.
- You know, it was like, wow, you know, once in a while we had spaghetti or Stew and that was a big freaking deal.
- You want to do beef Stew, chicken, vegetable and rice soup.
Examples
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We enjoyed a traditional stew cooked in a clay pot over a fire next to our table.
Academic text (2001) -
Troy, I think he wants some of your famous beef stew.
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And we'll make a stew.
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We're going to have stew.
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Anna had saved me some stew and kept it warm by the fire.
Fiction book (1991) -
And you made this sort of bean Stew, which was absolutely fantastic.
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Wherever we take him, if the restaurant has beef stew on the menu, he orders it.
Academic text (2005) -
It's a traditional Moroccan stew that can include vegetables, meat, or ship.
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Your dinner is in the oven: mutton stew with potatoes and plenty of onion.
Fiction book (1993) -
On a cold day, nothing warms me up more than a hearty stew with tender meat and fresh vegetables.
Synonyms
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3.4
A thick, creamy soup with potatoes and often seafood or bacon
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7.9
A rich stew of meat and vegetables cooked slowly to blend flavors
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9.9
A thick soup or stew made from vegetables and sometimes meat, often eaten in the past
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2.7
A stew of meat and potatoes cooked slowly in a covered pot
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3.3
A stew of meat and potatoes cooked slowly in a covered pot
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2.7
A thick, filling soup with meat and vegetables, often with beans or rice
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8.4
A thick dish people make from whatever meat and vegetables they have
A hot dish where meat and vegetables cook slowly in a tasty liquid
A thick soup with meat and vegetables
Compounds
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6.1
A spicy Southern stew made with chicken, corn, tomatoes, beans, okra, onions, and potatoes
A dish of beef slowly cooked in beer with garlic and served with boiled potatoes
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Stew as the name of a dish comes from an old idea of heating food slowly in a closed pot so it 'steams' and becomes soft and tasty, like food taking a long, warm bath, which is why a stew is a slowly cooked, rich meal.