Definition of puree
1 : a paste or thick liquid suspension usually made from cooked food ground finely
2 : a thick soup made of pureed vegetables
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Examples of puree in a Sentence
a spoonful of apple puree
a puree of sweet potatoes and carrots
Recent Examples of puree from the Web
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INGREDIENTS 1 ½ ounces Martin Miller’s Gin ounce St. Germain elderflower liqueur ½ ounce lemon juice 2 ounces pineapple-cucumber puree (see recipe) Add all ingredients to a tumbler with ice and shake.
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Notebook Tim Love’s Lonesome Dove Western Bistro has debuted a new prime rib special available during its Friday-only lunch hours, featuring 16 ounces of slow-cooked prime rib served with Yukon gold potato puree and fresh horsey cream sauce for $16.
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For the filling: Combine the avocado, lime zest and juice, condensed milk, vanilla extract and salt in a blender. Puree until smooth and silky.
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Once the puree has cooled entirely, place in freezer containers or ice cube trays.
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One pound of peaches will equal three to four medium-sized peaches, 2 cups sliced, or 1 ½ cups pulp or puree.
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Sturgeon is wisely kept simple, accompanied by dill sauce and celery-root puree.
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Classics have a place on the menu, like Porterhouse steak served with cheese-potato puree, or roasted fish with scallion rice.
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The Pineapple Mango drink starts with a mango Frappuccino blended Creme, poured over a mango-pineapple puree.
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Origin and Etymology of puree
French purée, from Middle French, from feminine of puré, past participle of purer to purify, strain, from Latin purare to purify, from purus
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Definition of puree
pureed
orpuréed
;pureeing
orpuréeing
transitive verb
: to make a puree of
Examples of puree in a Sentence
She used a blender to puree the soup.
Recent Examples of puree from the Web
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Place hot mixture in a blender and blend to puree fruit.
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Use an immersion blender or food processor to puree until smooth.
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Raw nuts can be pureed into pesto, tossed onto a salad or sauteed with veggies for a burrito filling.
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In batches, puree the soup until very smooth, 2 to 3 minutes for each batch.
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First Known Use of puree
1899
PUREE Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of puree for English Language Learners
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: to crush (food) until it is a thick liquid : to make a puree of (food)
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