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Webster 1913 Edition

Puree

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Puˊrée′

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Noun.
[F.]
A dish made by boiling any article of food to a pulp and then blending it or rubbing it through a sieve;
as, a
purée
of fish, or of potatoes
; especially, a soup the thickening of which is so treated.

Definition 2024

puree

puree

See also: purée and Püree

English

Alternative forms

Noun

puree ‎(plural purees)

  1. A food that has been ground or crushed into a thick liquid
    Tomato sauce is generally a puree.
Translations

Verb

puree ‎(third-person singular simple present purees, present participle pureeing, simple past and past participle pureed)

  1. To crush or grind food into a puree.
Translations

Etymology 2

From Hindi पूरी ‎(pūrī), a kind of pancake.

Alternative forms

Noun

puree ‎(plural purees)

  1. A type of unleavened bread from India and Pakistan.

Anagrams

Finnish

Verb

puree

  1. Third-person singular indicative present form of purra.

Italian

Noun

puree f

  1. plural of purea

Etymology

From French purer ‎(“to make pure”), from Latin purus ‎(“unsullied”).

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