Meanings
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noun
a large, deep, usually covered serving dish for soup, stew, or similar food
The steaming tureen was carried carefully to the center of the table.
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Etymology
From earlier English terrene, borrowed from French terrine, 'earthenware vessel,' from terre, 'earth,' ultimately Latin terra. Tureen and terrine are therefore doublets, although tureen developed the specific sense of a large covered serving dish.