Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A highly seasoned stew made of several kinds of fish and shellfish.
- noun A combination of various different, often incongruous elements.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In cookery, a kind of fish-chowder popular in some parts of France, especially at Marseilles.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A bouillabaisse, a type of French fish soup.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun highly seasoned Mediterranean soup or stew made of several kinds of fish and shellfish with tomatoes and onions or leeks and seasoned with saffron and garlic and herbs
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I wonder, as you do, why the family was so elated that he had made this amazing dish (which sounds like French bouillabaisse from the very brief description)?
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What the fishermen did was to take these small fish and turn them into a soup that is most famously known as bouillabaisse, which has become such a classic that there are restaurants specializing in it.
At My Table 2007
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What the fishermen did was to take these small fish and turn them into a soup that is most famously known as bouillabaisse, which has become such a classic that there are restaurants specializing in it.
Archive 2007-04-01 2007
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The Divers went to Nice and dined on a bouillabaisse, which is a stew of rock fish and small lobsters, highly seasoned with saffron, and a bottle of cold Chablis.
Tender is the Night 2003
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Cornerstone got extra points for choosing the least pretentious moniker (it doesn't need to be called bouillabaisse to be delicious).
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He thought it was a kind of bouillabaisse of conspiracy theories.
The Magazine: VF Daily Fair, Vanity 2009
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The leaves also flavor classic French dishes such as bouillabaisse and bouillon.
Spices and Herbs -Bandra Bazar Road « bollywoods most wanted photographerno1 2008
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It's a kind of bouillabaisse of pretty standard Ivy league reflexes and prejudices, cobbled together without any real examination.
Ferule & Fescue Flavia 2008
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The leaves also flavor classic French dishes such as bouillabaisse and bouillon.
2008 February 17 « bollywoods most wanted photographerno1 2008
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I actually think this is what many US and Japanese restaurants serve as 'bouillabaisse', which is another favorite soupy stew or stewy soup of mine.
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