tureen

[ too-reen, tyoo- ]

noun

1. a large, deep, covered dish for serving soup, stew, or other foods.

tureen

/ təˈriːn /

noun

1. a large deep usually rounded dish with a cover, used for serving soups, stews, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of tureen¹

1700–10; earlier terrene < French terrine earthenware dish, Middle French, feminine of terrin of the earth, earthen < Vulgar Latin *terrīnus, equivalent to Latin terr ( a ) earth + -īnus -ine ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of tureen¹

C18: from French terrine earthenware vessel, from terrin made of earthenware, from Vulgar Latin terrīnus (unattested) earthen, from Latin terra earth

Example Sentences

When done, dish up with clear gravy, and hand bread sauce in a tureen with it.

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The smash of the soup-tureen, and swift descent of the kitchen-maid and soup-ladle down the stairs to the lower regions.

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Just a comfortable tureen of soup, with a pint of punch, and nothing solid to follow, but a tender juicy steak.

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He feelingly repeated after me, "A tureen of turtle, and a tender juicy steak."

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The servants did in fact find the tureen, which they soon returned to its place, holding their noses.

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