- a large deep usually rounded dish with a cover, used for serving soups, stews, etc
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tu•reen /tʊˈrin, tyʊ-/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- a large, deep, covered dish for serving soup, stew, etc.
tu•reen
(tŏŏ rēn′, tyŏŏ-),USA pronunciation n.
- a large, deep, covered dish for serving soup, stew, or other foods.
- Vulgar Latin *terrīnus, equivalent. to Latin terr(a) earth + -īnus -ine1
- French terrine earthenware dish, Middle French, feminine of terrin of the earth, earthen
- earlier terrene 1700–10
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tureen /təˈriːn/ n