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- DictionaryStew/sto͞o/
noun
- 1. a dish of meat and vegetables cooked slowly in liquid in a closed dish or pan: "lamb stew"
- 2. a state of great anxiety or agitation: informal "I suppose he's all in a stew"
verb
- 1. (with reference to meat, fruit, or other food) cook or be cooked slowly in liquid in a closed dish or pan: "a new way to stew rhubarb"
noun. a preparation of meat, fish, or other food cooked by stewing, especially a mixture of meat and vegetables. Synonyms: ragout, casserole. Informal. a state of agitation, uneasiness, or worry. a brothel; whorehouse. stews, a neighborhood occupied chiefly by brothels. Obsolete. a vessel for boiling or stewing. stew.
A stew is a combination of solid food ingredients that have been cooked in liquid and served in the resultant gravy. Ingredients can include any combination of vegetables and may include meat , especially tougher meats suitable for slow-cooking, such as beef , pork , venison , rabbit , lamb , poultry , sausages , and seafood .
1. a. A dish cooked by stewing, especially a mixture of meat or fish and vegetables with stock. b. A mixture likened to this dish. 2. Informal Mental agitation: in a stew over the lost keys. 3. often stews Archaic A brothel.
To stew is to slowly cook food, which results in a soup-like food called a stew. To stew also means to brood angrily. If you cook something slowly, like beef or vegetables, you stew it. The result of stewing is also called stew, which is usually chunky, like a thick soup.
a dish made of vegetables and meat cooked together slowly in liquid: beef / lamb stew. stew. verb [ T ] to cook food slowly in liquid: stewed fruit. (Definition of stew from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of stew. in Chinese (Traditional) （通常由肉或魚加蔬菜製成的）燉菜，燜菜, 燉，煨，用文火煮, 生氣，發火… See more.
Apr 28, 2024 · A stew is a meal which you make by cooking meat and vegetables in liquid at a low temperature. She served him a bowl of beef stew. Synonyms: hash, casserole, goulash, ragout More Synonyms of stew. 2. transitive verb. When you stew meat, vegetables, or fruit, you cook them slowly in liquid in a covered pot .
Stew definition, to cook (food) by simmering or slow boiling. See more.
