STEW


Meaning of STEW in English

I. noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Irish stew

lamb chop/cutlet/stew etc

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

beef

In the store cupboard, he found a can of beef stew and dumped it in a saucepan to heat.

Thankfully, the world of stews does not begin and end with the rather simplistic beef stew of yesteryear.

The maid served dinner: beef stew pie, the pastry crisp and golden.

Steven opened the newspaper with one hand while he tucked into the beef stew with the other.

lamb

There was a choice of vegetarian lasagne or lamb stew with baked potatoes, sweet corn and garlic bread.

■ VERB

make

Miss Tietz looks after the kitchen herself and they make nice boiled stews , sometimes a roast, and custard.

Fry it up. Make a stew .

The ingredients which make up the special stew are a closely kept secret and vary from chef to chef.

Why are they making so much stew about this?

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

At the Desert Garden Hotel, the buffet line is digging into kangaroo stew .

Don't hurry with your stew , er - Vern.

Human and animal, they all stirred up together in some great mental stew .

I was tired, and wanted to recover from the stew .

Inside the mirrored towers of its operations complex, it decodes, translates and analyzes the electronic stew known as signals intelligence.

Specialities include mussel and onion stew and chicken de vaux.

The stew was on and simmering, and the fragrance in the rectory was intoxicating.

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

She could stew in her own juice .

Chavez, stewing in his juices .

Of course, Kate could have shrugged and let him stew in his own juice , or lack of it.

These fritters are especially delicious with stewed prunes with orange juice as an accompaniment, if desired.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Had they stewed up a supper of some giant arachnid for Tundrish?

Of course, Kate could have shrugged and let him stew in his own juice, or lack of it.

She could stew in her own juice.

The air inside was rank with the fishy oils of stewing porpoise.

Younger hares take well to marinating and roasting rare; older ones need to be braised or stewed.

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