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tureen

[too-reen, tyoo-] / tʊˈrin, tyʊ- /


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A 10-foot canopy shaded guests, while the addition of a hot water tureen allowed people to make coffee, tea and instant cup noodles.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 26, 2023

Perched sideways in space, held high by her partner like a tureen on a tray, Isabella Boylston gazed merrily into the audience of American Ballet Theatre’s “Don Quixote.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 1, 2022

The kitchen table was laid with homemade bread, butter, jam, a tureen of dried lamb tallow, and a haunch of fermented lamb.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 11, 2018

I found myself hiding, eating chocolate mousse from a tureen with a fork.

From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2012

Kreacher came bustling to the table with a large tureen in his hands, and ladled out soup into pristine bowls, whistling between his teeth as he did so.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling




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