PUREE
What does "PUREE" mean?
A smooth, thick pulp made by blending or sieving cooked food.
Meanings
- Food that has been mashed, blended, or strained to a smooth, thick consistency. She served the salmon over a parsnip puree.
- To reduce food to a smooth, thick pulp by blending or sieving. Puree the soup until no lumps remain.
Did you know?
- To make a puree is, etymologically, to 'purify' food: the word comes from French 'purer', 'to strain', built on the same Latin root as 'pure'.
Word origin
From French 'puree', the past participle of 'purer' ('to purify, strain'), from Latin 'purare' ('to purify'), from 'purus' ('pure').
Remember it
PUREE hides PURE - straining food down to its pure, smooth essence.
A little poem
Whirring blade at dawn-
the orchard's bushel of fruit
thinned to a smooth spoon.
haiku
Wordplay
- The blender called itself a perfectionist - it wasn't satisfied until everything was pure-ly smooth.
What it teaches
Sometimes you only see what a thing is truly made of once you blend away its shape.
Quick facts
What does PUREE mean?
A smooth, thick pulp made by blending or sieving cooked food.
Is PUREE a valid word?
Yes — PUREE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is PUREE?
PUREE has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does PUREE come from?
From French 'puree', the past participle of 'purer' ('to purify, strain'), from Latin 'purare' ('to purify'), from 'purus' ('pure').
What can PUREE teach us?
Sometimes you only see what a thing is truly made of once you blend away its shape.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.