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Definition of tureen noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

tureen

noun
 
/tjuˈriːn/
 
/təˈriːn/
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  1. a large, deep dish with a lid (= cover), used for serving vegetables or soupTopics Cooking and eatingc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryTureen is used after these nouns:
    • soup
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    Word Originmid 18th cent.: alteration of earlier terrine, from French terrine ‘large earthenware pot’, feminine of Old French terrin ‘earthen’, based on Latin terra ‘earth’.
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