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tureen

[too-reen, tyoo-] / tʊˈrin, tjʊ- /


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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

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 still remember the first gift I bought for my mom with my own money: a white porcelain soup tureen.

From Washington Post May 7, 2018

Earle D. Vandekar of Knightsbridge has a delightful 19th-century Portuguese creamware tureen in the shape of a life-size duck that would have graced a table along with other porcelain animals and figurines.

From New York Times Jan. 21, 2016

“That’s too long. She’s Mary from now on. Heat that soup from last night and put it in the china tureen and, Mary, I want you to carry it carefully.”

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou




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