mirepoix
Americannoun
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a flavoring made from diced vegetables, seasonings, herbs, and sometimes meat, often placed in a pan to cook with meat or fish.
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finely chopped vegetables, as onions and carrots, sometimes with meat, often used as a bed for meat that is to be braised.
noun
Etymology
Origin of mirepoix
1875–80; < French; said to have been named after C. P. G. F. de Lévis, duke of Mirepoix, 18th-century French diplomat
Example Sentences
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Mirepoix that you’ve cooked down into a jammy little soffritto.
From Salon • Jul. 15, 2025
That’s what happened to Judy Williams after she tried to check in to the Hotel Relais de Mirepoix in Mirepoix, France, in 2019.
From Washington Post • Dec. 15, 2021
Fortunately for the Williamses, the Hotel Relais de Mirepoix was part of Relais & Châteaux, an association of independent upscale hotels and restaurants.
From Washington Post • Dec. 15, 2021
At the same time Mirepoix in the name of the King proposed that orders should be given to the American governors on both sides to refrain from all acts of aggression.
From Montcalm and Wolfe by Parkman, Francis
In 1234 we hear of a heretic of Mirepoix going thither to receive the consolamentum on his death-bed.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Lea, Henry Charles
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