minestrone
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Definition
- Noun:
- A thick soup of Italian origin made with a variety of vegetables, often including beans and pasta or rice: "Minestrone" refers to a hearty, typically broth-based soup containing a mixture of vegetables and sometimes also beans and small pasta shapes or rice.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- For dinner, we had a delicious minestrone with carrots, celery, beans, and pasta.
- This restaurant serves the best minestrone in the city.
- She added some fresh basil to the minestrone just before serving.
Advanced Usage
- "Minestrone" as a concept: The word can be used to evoke the idea of a wholesome, vegetable-rich meal.
- After a long walk in the cold, a bowl of hot minestrone was exactly what we needed.
Variants and Related Words
- Minestrone soup: A common compound phrase specifying the dish as a soup.
- The menu listed "Minestrone Soup" as the starter.
Synonyms
- Vegetable soup: A general term for soup made primarily from vegetables.
- Pasta e fagioli: An Italian bean and pasta soup that is similar but typically more bean-focused than the varied vegetable mix of a minestrone.
Related Phrases
- A bowl of minestrone: The typical way to serve this soup.
- He ordered a bowl of minestrone and a sandwich.
Noun
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soup made with a variety of vegetables
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