tureen

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Whereupon we emptied the soup back into the tureen, and when G. returned were discovered wiping our lips with the air of people who had already dined.

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  1. noun A broad, deep, usually covered dish used for serving foods such as soups or stews.

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  • With deep relief her glance fell on the big Meissen tureen, a mass of gilt and little coloured views, which stood in the china cabinet beside the window. —  Tether's End (Hide My Eyes) - Margery Allingham - Campion 17: 1958
  • Behind the glass a white tureen, a row of plates with swimming fish around the rims, four green wineglasses. —  The Shipping News
  • He made no reply: he seized her by the waist and forced her to dance with him round the table on which the tureen was steaming. —  Jean-Christophe, Vol. I
  • From 1750, the tureen is an extraordinary cap to the end of de Lamerie's career.
  • The contents of the tureen were rapidly deposited in the open bosom of Jerry, who disengaged himself from the embraces of his enemy as fast as he could, amidst the laughter of his companions Well, you asked for soup," observed Courtenay Yes, and my friend has helped me very liberally," replied Jerry, who was not at all out of humour, except when he was foiled with his own weapons. —  The King's Own
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  1. French terrine, from Old French, from feminine of terrin, earthen, from Vulgar Latin *terrīnus, from Latin terra, earth; see ters- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. A false form of terreen, more properly terrine, from French terrine, an earthen vessel: see terrine. The spelling tureen seems to have arisen in cook-books. There is a story that Marshal Turenne once used his helmet as a soup-dish, and thus gave a name to the dish. This is a mere fiction.
 

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