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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-ray, -ree, pyoor-ay] / 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

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Etymology

Origin of purée

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

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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

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The night I went, the menu included eggplant purée, linguine alle vongole and sea bass with saffron.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

This tenderized duck is served with bulgar wheat and carrot ragu, sweetcorn purée and orange jus.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026

Finished with the vivid pea purée and crispy toppings, the whole thing tasted far more luxurious than its pantry origins would suggest.

From Salon ● May 12, 2026

A can of pumpkin purée for making pies on Thanksgiving is $5 on the American food store website, and it’s difficult to find a turkey.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

Tender freshwater shrimp garnished with cream and rose leaves, devilled barley pearls in acorn purée, apple and carrot chews, marinated cabbage stalks steeped in creamed white turnip with nutmeg.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

Sold as powder, extract, paste, or frozen puree, ube is easily mixed into coffee, pastries, ice cream, spreads and even make-up.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

“You would be surprised by how many ingredients you can turn into a syrup, puree, paste or concentrate,” Rajendran says.

From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2026

In the course of the 20th century, tomatoes became ubiquitous enough in Egyptian cuisine to make “salsa” a usual word for sauce and, more specifically, tomato puree.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025

Sarah Champion’s comments come after a BBC Eye Investigation found that tomato puree sold in four leading UK supermarkets appeared to contain tomatoes produced using harsh and coercive forced labour in Xinjiang.

From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2024

Charlotte would puree almost everything in a blender now.

From "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom

Baby food brand HiPP has recalled its entire range of jarred purées sold in Spar supermarkets in Austria over fears they may have been contaminated.

From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026

That’s what the creator of the chain Swig calls spiking Coke, Mountain Dew or Dr Pepper with fruit purées and flavored creams, served in plastic cups stuffed with pebble ice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026

Into the cream base, he purées whole croissants to produce Morning in Paris, swirled with raspberry jam; he blends bananas and Nilla Wafers to make Banana Pudding.

From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2023

And nearly a third of savory foods for toddlers contain fruit purées, as well.

From Salon ● Nov. 28, 2022

All kinds of fresh fruit purées may be used for ice creams.

From The Golden Age Cook Book by Henrietta Latham Dwight

Toppings included puréed pumpkin, diced chicken and sweet potato.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Roughly chop the onion by hand, or pulse it briefly in a food processor until finely chopped but not puréed.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

“I was on a tube feeder then a puréed diet for a couple months. Then speech and swallow therapy. Then a vocal coach.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026

In the baby food aisle, pouches of puréed blueberries and spinach are in; Gerber’s glass jars of stewed pears are out.

From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2023

In a food processor or high-speed blender, pulse the oranges until smooth with a bit of texture but not puréed.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 27, 2022

This time-saving hummus recipe calls for soaking dried chickpeas overnight and puréeing them with tahini, lemon juice, garlic, salt, and a little bit of ice water.

From Salon ● May 6, 2022

Okara is the sediment left over after puréeing soybeans to make soy milk, and it is very perishable.

From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2021

You can use fresh or frozen berries for this; if frozen, thaw and retain the juice before puréeing.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 20, 2021

Finally, after puréeing, the soup is strained through a fine sieve and the seasonings are adjusted.

From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2019

As the chefs prepped for lunch back in the kitchen — browning rabbit legs and puréeing warm beans with their cooking water and olive oil — Ms. Shi set up in the dining room.

From New York Times ● Jul. 17, 2018

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