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  • noun Plural form of tureen.

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Examples

  • A set of white plates, bowls, teacups and tureens goes on view this weekend at the Art Institute of Chicago as part of its "Avant-Garde Art in Everyday Life" exhibition.

    When Teapots Reflect a Historical Tempest Rachel Wolff 2011

  • A set of white plates, bowls, teacups and tureens goes on view this weekend at the Art Institute of Chicago as part of its "Avant-Garde Art in Everyday Life" exhibition.

    When Teapots Reflect a Historical Tempest Rachel Wolff 2011

  • Included were several different shaped tureens, one for vegetables, one for soup, two serving platters, and a frilly sugar bowl and creamer.

    Denise Vivaldo: Steak Diane Denise Vivaldo 2011

  • Sadly, no! I thought so too, much in the way I thought that surely every restaurant always had huge tureens of iced tea freshly made.

    Texas potato salad, what is it? | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2009

  • The following room at the Getty displays a table set with elaborate silver tureens surrounded by tapestries depicting scenes of the hunt and outdoor collations, and four still-life paintings filled with fruit, flowers and game.

    With All the Time in the World Mary Tompkins Lewis 2011

  • Silver candleholders and tureens studded with malachite cabochons sit atop polished ebony sideboards.

    An Enchanted House Becomes a Family's Curse Michael Z. Wise 2012

  • The following room at the Getty displays a table set with elaborate silver tureens surrounded by tapestries depicting scenes of the hunt and outdoor collations, and four still-life paintings filled with fruit, flowers and game.

    With All the Time in the World Mary Tompkins Lewis 2011

  • At supper time, a video projected onto a table shows a reenactment of an elaborate feast, using the artifacts such as porcelain dishes and silver tureens in the surrounding display cases.

    The Museum Is Watching You 2010

  • At the party, the polished wood table was always filled with tureens of eggnog and platters of vegetables that no one ate.

    ALONE With You Marisa Silver 2010

  • At the party, the polished wood table was always filled with tureens of eggnog and platters of vegetables that no one ate.

    ALONE With You Marisa Silver 2010

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