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# tureen

noun (a tureen, tureens)

«tureen» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A large deep bowl with a lid, from which soup is served at the table. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tureen/#m1)
2. A similar dish for serving vegetables or sauce. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tureen/#m2)

### In the lessons

In Alice's Adventures in Wonderland the Mock Turtle sings «Beautiful Soup, so rich and green, / Waiting in a hot tureen!» – a funny song because mock turtle soup was a real Victorian dish. In grand houses and old stories, the soup tureen is carried in by a servant at a feast. Phrases: «a soup tureen».

### Examples

- The waiter carried a steaming tureen of soup to the table. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tureen/#x1)
- «Beautiful Soup, so rich and green, waiting in a hot tureen!» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tureen/#x2)
- Gran's best china tureen is only used at Christmas. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tureen/#x3)
- Lift the lid of the tureen carefully – it's hot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tureen/#x4)
- The giant poured soup from the tureen into his bowl. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tureen/#x5)
- The tureen was painted with blue flowers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tureen/#x6)
- You notice that soup-tureen in the middle of the table? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tureen/#x7)

### Note

Countable. Said «tyoo-REEN» or «tuh-REEN». Not the same as «terrine» (a dish of pressed food), though they come from the same French word.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «tureen» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tureen/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«tureen» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tureen.html) on Mova free.