tureen

Everyday

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 →

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.