Puree

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pur'ee \Pu`r['e]e"\, n. [F.]
     A dish made by boiling any article of food to a pulp and then
     blending it or rubbing it through a sieve; as, a pur['e]e of
     fish, or of potatoes; especially, a soup the thickening of
     which is so treated.
     [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pur'ee \Pu`r['e]e"\, v. t. [F.]
     To grind or blend into a paste with the solids finely
     divided; to make into a {puree}.
     [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  puree
       n : food prepared by cooking and straining or processed in a
           blender
       v : rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender;
           "puree the vegetables for the baby" [syn: {strain}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  80 Moby Thesaurus words for "puree":
     albumen, batter, bisque, bonnyclabber, borscht, bouillabaisse,
     bouillon, broth, burgoo, butter, chicken soup, chowder, clabber,
     clam chowder, clear soup, consomme, cornstarch, cream, curd, dough,
     egg drop soup, egg white, fish soup, gaum, gazpacho, gel, gelatin,
     glair, glop, glue, gluten, goo, gook, goop, gravy soup, gruel,
     gumbo, gunk, jam, jell, jelly, julienne, loblolly, matzo ball soup,
     minestrone, misoshiru soup, mock turtle soup, molasses, mucilage,
     mucus, mulligatawny, oxtail soup, pap, paste, porridge, pot-au-feu,
     potage, potage au tomate, potato soup, pottage, pudding, pulp,
     putty, rob, semifluid, semiliquid, size, soup, starch, sticky mess,
     stock, syrup, thick soup, thin soup, tomato soup, treacle,
     turtle soup, vegetable soup, vichyssoise, won ton soup