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Definitions

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. A bad spelling of foh.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A Vietnamese rice noodle served in a soup often with beef.

Etymologies

  1. From Vietnamese phở. (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “Some culinary experts say this is the origin of the word pho, which is pronounced just like the French word for fire -- feu.”

    The Wall Street Journal: The Dish: Pho

  • “Someday I may have to try again because pho is heavenly stuff with a good broth, no doubt about it.”

    Tigers & Strawberries » Fools for Pho

  • “I've eaten tripe in Vietnamese pho in which it was difficult to distinguish between the fine strands of the white meat and the actual noodles.”

    What I cooked last night.

  • “January 22, 2006 at 8: 38 pm this is pretty cool. i think these pho­tos look so much like pho­tos of mod­els because of the way the tilt-shift lens emu­lates a shal­low depth of field. usu­ally in pho­tog­ra­phy this effect of two out of focus back­ground and fore­ground this dra­matic only hap­pens on things that are pretty small and close together, like a model, not on things that are far apart like cites. this has always been the mark of a good model pho­tog­ra­pher, mas­ter­ing con­trol of depth of field to emu­late the non-miniature world. that why often times it is so obvi­ous in movies that use mina­tures that it is not real no mat­ter how well designed the minia­ture setis.”

    Uncannyville USA « Snarkmarket

  • “The bigger part of the reason was that I was a little more than irritated at Phoreign’s perpetuation of people’s mis-pronunciation of the word pho as “pho,” rhymes with “faux,” and not better as “pho,” rhymes more accurately with “duh.””

    Phoreign - Rather, Faux-reign

  • “My mom called me the other night over Skype and was ask­ing me how to tag pho­tos on Facebook.”

    Fictionaut: Transcript of a Bachelor Party

  • “Harry Reid on Viet Nam: "if we'd never fought that war, we probably wouldn't have ever tasted the delicious soup known as pho

    Reid: "We Now Have The Timeline The Republicans Have Set"

  • “While pho is most commonly made with beef stock and sliced beef, it is also made with chicken and called pho ga.”

    2008 February

  • “•A soup called pho with beef (bo), chicken (ga), or pork (heo) is virtually the national dish, commonly served for breakfast.”

    Simon & Schuster: ASIAN BUSINESS CUSTOMS & MANNERS

  • “Their pho was the most fragrant, delicious, warming version of the dish I had tasted - it smelled alluring and was infused with so much wonderful spice that it was a wrench for me to have to finish the bowl and have none left.”

    Archive 2007-08-01

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