puree

See also: purée and Püree

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French purée.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpjʊəɹeɪ/

Noun

puree (countable and uncountable, plural purees)

  1. A food that has been ground or crushed into a thick liquid.
    Tomato sauce is generally a puree.
Translations

Verb

puree (third-person singular simple present purees, present participle pureeing, simple past and past participle pureed)

  1. To crush or grind food into a puree.
Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hindi पूरी (pūrī, “a kind of pancake”).

Alternative forms

Noun

puree (plural purees)

  1. A type of unleavened bread from India and Pakistan.

Anagrams

Finnish

Verb

puree

  1. Third-person singular indicative present form of purra.

Italian

Noun

puree f

  1. plural of purea
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