Tureen

//təˈɹiːn// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A broad, deep serving dish used for serving soup or stew.

    "The tureens and stands are variously marked with the date letters for 1726 and 1728, with the charge and discharge marks for the fermier-générals Charles Condier (1722-1726) and Jacques Cortin (1726-1732) and with their weights."

  2. 2
    large deep serving dish with a cover; for serving soups and stews wordnet

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basintub

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"The tureens and stands are variously marked with the date letters for 1726 and 1728, with the charge and discharge marks for the fermier-générals Charles Condier (1722-1726) and Jacques Cortin (1726-1732) and with their weights."

Etymology

From earlier terrene (thus pronunciations with /tj/, /t͡ʃ/ are spelling pronunciations), borrowed from French terrine. Doublet of terrine.

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