coulis

[ koo-lee ]
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noun
  1. a sauce made with puréed vegetables or fruit and used as a base or garnish.

Origin of coulis

1
First recorded in 1600–10; from French: literally, “broth, strained juices from a roast,” from Old French couleis “flowing,” from unrecorded Vulgar Latin cōlāticius, ultimately from Latin cōlāre “to strain”; see origin at coulee

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coulis

/ (ˈkuːliː) /


noun
  1. a thin purée of vegetables, fruit, etc, usually served as a sauce surrounding a dish

Origin of coulis

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C20: French, literally: purée

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