tureen

«tureen» in Mova's school dictionary: A large deep bowl with a lid, from which soup is served… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a tureen, tureens)

meaning for a pupil

1) A large deep bowl with a lid, from which soup is served at the table. tree →

2) A similar dish for serving vegetables or sauce. tree →

sense in the lessons

In Alice's Adventures in Wonderland the Mock Turtle sings «Beautiful Soup, so rich and green, / Waiting in a hot tureen!» – a funny song because mock turtle soup was a real Victorian dish. In grand houses and old stories, the soup tureen is carried in by a servant at a feast. Phrases: «a soup tureen».

examples

• The waiter carried a steaming tureen of soup to the table. tree →
• «Beautiful Soup, so rich and green, waiting in a hot tureen!» tree →
• Gran's best china tureen is only used at Christmas. tree →
• Lift the lid of the tureen carefully – it's hot. tree →
• The giant poured soup from the tureen into his bowl. tree →
• The tureen was painted with blue flowers. tree →
• You notice that soup-tureen in the middle of the table? tree →

note

Countable. Said «tyoo-REEN» or «tuh-REEN». Not the same as «terrine» (a dish of pressed food), though they come from the same French word.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «tureen» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.