I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Irish stew
lamb chop/cutlet/stew etc
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
beef
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In the store cupboard, he found a can of beef stew and dumped it in a saucepan to heat.
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Thankfully, the world of stews does not begin and end with the rather simplistic beef stew of yesteryear.
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The maid served dinner: beef stew pie, the pastry crisp and golden.
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Steven opened the newspaper with one hand while he tucked into the beef stew with the other.
lamb
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There was a choice of vegetarian lasagne or lamb stew with baked potatoes, sweet corn and garlic bread.
■ VERB
make
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Miss Tietz looks after the kitchen herself and they make nice boiled stews , sometimes a roast, and custard.
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Fry it up. Make a stew .
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The ingredients which make up the special stew are a closely kept secret and vary from chef to chef.
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Why are they making so much stew about this?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At the Desert Garden Hotel, the buffet line is digging into kangaroo stew .
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Don't hurry with your stew , er - Vern.
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Human and animal, they all stirred up together in some great mental stew .
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I was tired, and wanted to recover from the stew .
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Inside the mirrored towers of its operations complex, it decodes, translates and analyzes the electronic stew known as signals intelligence.
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Specialities include mussel and onion stew and chicken de vaux.
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The stew was on and simmering, and the fragrance in the rectory was intoxicating.
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There were no Pommes Anna to puzzle him, but would he find the croûtons for the top of the chicken stew ?
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
juice
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She could stew in her own juice .
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Chavez, stewing in his juices .
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Of course, Kate could have shrugged and let him stew in his own juice , or lack of it.
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These fritters are especially delicious with stewed prunes with orange juice as an accompaniment, if desired.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Had they stewed up a supper of some giant arachnid for Tundrish?
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Of course, Kate could have shrugged and let him stew in his own juice, or lack of it.
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She could stew in her own juice.
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The air inside was rank with the fishy oils of stewing porpoise.
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Younger hares take well to marinating and roasting rare; older ones need to be braised or stewed.