tureen
noun
tu·reen tə-ˈrēn 
tyu̇-
1
: a deep and usually covered bowl from which foods (such as soup) are served
2
: casserole sense 1
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The seafood tower comes shortly thereafter, an arrangement of crab claws and oysters on a mountain of crushed ice, topped by a basin of dry ice, which drifts out from below a tureen of Dungeness crabmeat. 
Lauren Larson, Men's Health, 7 Sep. 2022 Did my girl just pour a tureen of something red and splotchy on her head? Emma Specter, Vogue, 15 July 2022 Servers wheeled in a large silver tureen filled with steaming-hot broth. New York Times, 28 Mar. 2022 Search your cookware for a wine chiller or soup tureen. Marni Jameson, orlandosentinel.com, 17 Sep. 2021 And it was tied to a spell that Agatha had taught her early in the series, where a gravy tureen had shattered, and Agatha taught her this very basic binding spell. Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 1 June 2021 My Regency-era china cabinet, next to luncheon plates and a soup tureen? Mackenzie Chung Fegan, Bon Appétit, 17 Dec. 2020 Apropos to the coronavirus, Koopman Rare Art offers a 225-ounce silver soup tureen and stand from 1799 made by Paul Storr and retailed by the royal goldsmith firm Rundell Bridge & Rundell. Brian T. Allen, National Review, 11 Mar. 2020 Thus the fried calamari, tender and crisp, glides to the table as if on a barge, and the soup of the day (lentil is especially soothing) could fill a tureen. Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2019 See More
Lauren Larson, Men's Health, 7 Sep. 2022 Did my girl just pour a tureen of something red and splotchy on her head? Emma Specter, Vogue, 15 July 2022 Servers wheeled in a large silver tureen filled with steaming-hot broth. New York Times, 28 Mar. 2022 Search your cookware for a wine chiller or soup tureen. Marni Jameson, orlandosentinel.com, 17 Sep. 2021 And it was tied to a spell that Agatha had taught her early in the series, where a gravy tureen had shattered, and Agatha taught her this very basic binding spell. Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 1 June 2021 My Regency-era china cabinet, next to luncheon plates and a soup tureen? Mackenzie Chung Fegan, Bon Appétit, 17 Dec. 2020 Apropos to the coronavirus, Koopman Rare Art offers a 225-ounce silver soup tureen and stand from 1799 made by Paul Storr and retailed by the royal goldsmith firm Rundell Bridge & Rundell. Brian T. Allen, National Review, 11 Mar. 2020 Thus the fried calamari, tender and crisp, glides to the table as if on a barge, and the soup of the day (lentil is especially soothing) could fill a tureen. Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2019 See More Word History
Etymology
French terrine, from Middle French, from feminine of terrin of earth, from Vulgar Latin *terrinus, from Latin terra earth — more at terrace entry 1
First Known Use
circa 1706, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Kids Definition
tureen
noun
tu·reen tə-ˈrēn
: a deep bowl from which food (as soup) is served
tureens
noun
as in bowls
Synonyms & Similar Words
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- bowls
- platters
- casseroles
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- cups
- teacups
- plates
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- glasses
- chargers
- crystals
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- potteries
- wares
- mugs
- earthenwares
- glasswares
- stonewares
- chinas
- tablewares
- crockeries
- demitasses
- settings
- place settings
- setups
- dinnerwares
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