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  purée

  noun

  a cooked food, especially a vegetable or fruit, that has been put through a sieve, blender, or the like.
• puree
  puree

  noun

  an unleavened flaky Indian bread, that is deep-fried in ghee and served hot

purée

American  

[pyoo-rey, -ree, pyoor-ey] / pjʊˈreɪ, -ˈri, ˈpjʊər eɪ /

Or puree

noun

purées plural

1. a cooked food, especially a vegetable or fruit, that has been put through a sieve, blender, or the like.

2. a soup made with ingredients that have been puréed.

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verb (used with object)

puréed, puréeing

1. to make a purée of.

purée ¹ British  

/ ˈpjʊəreɪ /

noun

1. a smooth thick pulp of cooked and sieved fruit, vegetables, meat, or fish

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verb

1. (tr) to make (cooked foods) into a purée

puree ² British  

/ ˈpuːrɪ /

noun

1. an unleavened flaky Indian bread, that is deep-fried in ghee and served hot

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• purées
  plural

Etymology

Origin of purée

1700–10; < French, noun use of feminine past participle of purer to strain, literally, make pure; see pure

Explanation

A puree is a very smooth, crushed or blended food — like applesauce or mashed potatoes. To puree something is to blend, chop, mash, or strain a food until it reaches this soft consistency. If it tastes like mush, then it's a puree! You might think of purees as baby food, and it's true that a vegetable or fruit puree is the perfect first food for a baby to eat before she has teeth. There are plenty of things that adults like to puree too, though, like chickpeas (to make hummus) and avocados (to make guacamole). Puree is from the French purée, "pea soup."

Example Sentences

The WanaBana Apple Cinnamon Puree, a product potentially contaminated with lead, was still being sold at Dollar Tree stores despite a recall that began last month, the U.S.

From Reuters • Nov. 23, 2023

Puree with a handheld stick blender until smooth.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2023

Puree the soup with an immersion blender in the pot, or in batches in a food processor or blender.

From Washington Times • Mar. 31, 2023

Puree until smooth, stopping to scrape the sides of the blender, as needed.

From Washington Post • Mar. 20, 2023

It is a pleasing little town, recalling Puree of the Juggernaut-car by its scores of little stands for the feeding of pilgrims—at pilgrimage prices.

From Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras — Being the Random Notes of an Incurable Vagabond by Franck, Harry Alverson