purée
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pu·rée
or pu·ree (pyo͝o-rā′, pyo͝or′ā)tr.v. pu·réed, pu·rée·ing, pu·rées or pu·reed or pu·ree·ing or pu·rees
To rub through a strainer or process (food) in a blender.
n.
Food prepared by straining or blending.
[From French, purée, from Old French, from feminine past participle of purer, to strain, clean, from Latin pūrāre, to purify, from pūrus, clean; see peuə- in Indo-European roots.]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
puree
(ˈpuːrɪ) orpuri
n
(Cookery) an unleavened flaky Indian bread, that is deep-fried in ghee and served hot
[Hindi]
purée
(ˈpjʊəreɪ)n
(Cookery) a smooth thick pulp of cooked and sieved fruit, vegetables, meat, or fish
vb, -rées, -réeing or -réed
(Cookery) (tr) to make (cooked foods) into a purée
[C19: from French purer to purify]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
pu•rée
or pu•ree
(pyʊˈreɪ, -ˈri)n., v. -réed, -rée•ing. n.
1. a thick liquid or pulp prepared from cooked vegetables, fruit, etc., passed through a sieve or broken down in a blender or similar device.
2. a soup made of puréed ingredients.
v.t. 3. to make a purée of.
[1700–10; < French, n. use of feminine past participle of purer to strain, literally, make pure; see pure]
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puree
Past participle: puréed
Gerund: puréeing
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purée
1. To sieve, mash or liquidize food into a smooth, thick paste.
2. Raw or cooked food forced through a sieve or processed in an electric liquidizer.
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| Noun | 1. | puree - food prepared by cooking and straining or processed in a blender aliment, alimentation, nourishment, nutriment, sustenance, victuals, nutrition - a source of materials to nourish the body |
| Verb | 1. | puree - rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender; "puree the vegetables for the baby" cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" rub - move over something with pressure; "rub my hands"; "rub oil into her skin" |
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Translations
بيوريه: بَطاطا مَهْروسَه
kašeprotlak
puré
soseuttaa
püré
pretlakpyré
purée
[ˈpjʊəreɪ] N (Culin) → puré mapple purée → puré m de manzana
tomato purée → puré m de tomate, concentrado m de tomate
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
purée
puree [ˈpjʊəreɪ]Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
purée
(ˈpjuərei) , ((American) pjuˈrei) noun any of several types of food made into a soft pulp. tomato purée.
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purée
n puré mEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.