minestrone

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Thân thiện

A chef ladles minestrone into a bowl in the kitchen.

Definition

1. 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.

Học thuật

Noun

1. soup made with a variety of vegetables

Từ đồng nghĩa

• petite marmite
• vegetable soup