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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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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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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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Add tomato puree, yogurt, red chili flakes, salt, cilantro and mint leaves.
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Add the remaining V-8 juice to the remaining puree in the processor bowl or blender.
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Puree until smooth adding honey if needed to sweeten.
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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
puree
purée
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.
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'puree'. Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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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