stewnoun [ C or U ]
uk/stjuː/us/stuː/a type of food consisting usually of meat or fish and vegetables cooked slowly in a small amount of liquid:
lamb/bean/fish stew
She prepared a hearty stew for dinner.
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Savoury dishes
- baked beans
- balti
- bobotie
- bolognese
- bubble and squeak
- fish and chips
- fondue
- French toast
- fricassee
- fry-up
- omelette
- paella
- pakora
- pate
- pilau
- sticky rice
- stir-fry
- stroganoff
- sushi
- tabbouleh
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Idiom(s)
in a stew
stewverb
uk/stjuː/us/stuː/[ T ] to cook meat, fish, vegetables, or fruit slowly and gently in a little liquid
[ I ] informal to be angry or worried:
You're not still stewing about what happened yesterday, are you?
[ I ] UK to do nothing useful:
With jobs so scarce, many young people spend long hours with little to do but drink and stew.
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Preparing food using heat
- bake
- barbecue
- baste
- batch-bake
- boil sth up
- boiled
- curry
- flambé
- flash-fry
- fried
- frizzled
- fry
- microwave
- precook
- preheat
- render
- render sth down
- rendering
- sauté
- shallow-fry
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Becoming angry and expressing anger
Passive and not working
Idiom(s)
stew (in your own juice)