boeuf bourguignon

[ bœf boor-gee-nyawn ]

/ bœf bur giˈnyɔ̃ /

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noun French Cooking.

beef cubes cooked in red wine with mushrooms, onions, and bacon.

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Also called boeuf à la bour·gui·gnonne

[bœf a la boor-gee-nyawn]. /bœf a la bur giˈnyɔn/.

Origin of boeuf bourguignon

<French: literally, Burgundian beef; see bourguignon

Words nearby boeuf bourguignon

Boers, boertjie, Boer War, boet, Boethius, boeuf bourguignon, boff, boffin, boffo, Bofors gun, bog

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How to use boeuf bourguignon in a sentence

Champagne, which is also acidic, offers a nice complement to anything from tuna tartare to beef bourguignon.
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I particularly recommend the turkey chili and beef bourguignon.
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A taste of the beef bourguignon is enough to assure that Hitz is not overstating the case.
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As is the case with most famous dishes, there are more ways than one to arrive at a good boeuf bourguignon.
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"Pied de Boeuf" "Colin Maillard" and other games were successively proposed and rejected.
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Scar Face knew the French word boeuf, commonly used by the Canadians for buffalo.
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The two officers can have the tent that Le Boeuf gave up yesterday.
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But we never deserted the dear old Boeuf à la Mode, which we lived to see one of the most flourishing and popular places in Paris.
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Bourguignon would have groaned in spirit, could he have seen the wine that Tapin gave for her two sous.
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British Dictionary definitions for boeuf bourguignon

boeuf bourguignon

/ (French bœf burɡiɲɔ̃) /

noun

a casserole of beef, vegetables, herbs, etc, cooked in red wineAlso called: boeuf à la bourguignonne

Word Origin for boeuf bourguignon

French: Burgundy beef

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