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beef bourguignon

/ˈbiːf ˌbʊə(ɹ)ɡɪnˈjɒn/

beef bourguignon noun: a French stew dish, consisting of beef, red wine, garlic and vegetables.

beef bourguignon: a French stew dish, consisting of beef, red wine, garlic and vegetables
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Noun (1)

beef bourguignon (usually uncountable, plural beef bourguignons)

  1. (usually) A French stew dish, consisting of beef, red wine, garlic and vegetables.

Noun (2) capitalized: beef Bourguignon

beef Bourguignon (usually uncountable, plural beef Bourguignons)

  1. (usually) Alternative letter-case form of beef bourguignon.
    • “And look, here's the world's biggest Kit Kat,” trills Heston [Blumenthal]. […] “Heston, lovey, this big-food thing has to stop now. Can you do this for me, sweetheart? It's weird and no-one is enjoying it. Shall we go back to a proper kitchen and make a nice beef Bourguignon? And eat it off...2012 December 15, Grace Dent, “Grace Dent on TV: Jamie and Jimmy's Food Fight Club, Channel 4”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07...
    • The dish we had in Paris was a variation of beef Bourguignon — that classic preparation of beef stewed in red wine — but in place of beef stood large chunks of braised eggplant.2022 October 13, Ben Mims, “Eggplant Bourguignon? Oui to the vegan treatment for this classic French dish”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC...

Synonyms of beef bourguignon

Forms of beef bourguignon

pluralbeef bourguignons
alternative formbeef Bourguignon
pluralbeef Bourguignons

Origin of beef bourguignon

Partial calque of French bœuf bourguignon.

Questions about beef bourguignon

What does beef bourguignon mean?
Beef bourguignon means a French stew dish, consisting of beef, red wine, garlic and vegetables.
What part of speech is beef bourguignon?
Beef bourguignon is a noun.
How do you pronounce beef bourguignon?
Beef bourguignon is pronounced /ˈbiːf ˌbʊə(ɹ)ɡɪnˈjɒn/.
What is the plural of beef bourguignon?
The plural of beef bourguignon is beef bourguignons.

Words near beef bourguignon in the dictionary

  1. beedom
  2. Beedon
  3. beef
  4. beef bayonet
  5. beef bayonets
  6. beef bourguignon
  7. beef bourguignons
  8. beef chit
  9. beef chits
  10. beef curtains
  11. beef flaps

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