minestrone

[ min-uh-stroh-nee; Italian mee-ne-straw-ne ]

/ ˌmɪn əˈstroʊ ni; Italian ˌmi nɛˈstrɔ nɛ /

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noun Italian Cooking.

a thick vegetable soup, often containing herbs, beans, bits of pasta, etc., and served with Parmesan cheese.

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Origin of minestrone

1890–95; <Italian, equivalent to minestr(a) kind of soup (literally, something served; see minister) + -one augmentative suffix

Words nearby minestrone

miner's anemia, miner's inch, miner's lettuce, miner's right, Minerva, minestrone, minesweeper, minette, minever, mineworker, Ming

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How to use minestrone in a sentence

That was before I fell down a rabbit hole of minestrone recipes.
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We might be used to thinking of minestrone as a celebration of summer produce, but there are so many different types.
6 vegetable-filled soups to help you counterbalance that rich holiday food|Kari Sonde|November 30, 2020|Washington Post
Neighboring families war over who makes the best, most authentic, recipe for everything from tomato sauce to minestrone.
A Young Chef Travels to Calabria, Italy, and Learns the Old Ways of Cooking|Curtis Stone|November 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST
“That part of this ordeal has been remarkable,” Hamoodi says, ladling a Libyan version of minestrone for a guest.
Iraq War Sanctions Run Amok: Shakir Hamoodi’s Story|Nancy Hass|June 18, 2012|DAILY BEAST

The be-shawled damsel came in with the inevitable bowl of minestrone, soup with cabbage and cauliflower and other things.
Sea and Sardinia|D. H. Lawrence
He eats very little—two plates of soup (preferably minestrone), a piece of bread and a glass of chianti do him nicely for dinner.
The World's Great Men of Music|Harriette Brower
Minestrone is a favourite dish in Lombardy when vegetables are plentiful.
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How good Moretti's minestrone tastes to the unsophisticated tongue.
Shandygaff|Christopher Morley

British Dictionary definitions for minestrone

minestrone

/ (ˌmɪnɪˈstrəʊnɪ) /

noun

a soup made from a variety of vegetables and pasta

Word Origin for minestrone

from Italian, from minestrare to serve

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