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bresaola

UK/bɹɛˈsəʊlə/US/bɹɛˈsoʊlə/

bresaola noun: air-dried salt-cured beef fillet that has been aged about 2-3 months until it becomes very hard and a dark red, almost purple colour.

bresaola: air-dried salt-cured beef fillet that has been aged about 2-3 months until it becomes very hard and...
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Noun

bresaola (uncountable)

  1. Air-dried salt-cured beef fillet that has been aged about 2-3 months until it becomes very hard and a dark red, almost purple colour.
    • In memory, all the food they brought us first was red: the bresaola, the fat tongues of roasted peppers laid on goat's cheese, the radicchio, the white china bowl of radish coronets.1997, Ian McEwan, Enduring Love, Vintage (1998), page 163

Origin of bresaola

From Italian bresaola, from French braiser (“to braise”).

Questions about bresaola

What does bresaola mean?
Bresaola means air-dried salt-cured beef fillet that has been aged about 2-3 months until it becomes very hard and a dark red, almost purple colour.
What part of speech is bresaola?
Bresaola is a noun.
How do you pronounce bresaola?
Bresaola is pronounced /bɹɛˈsəʊlə/ (UK).

Words near bresaola in the dictionary

  1. Brer Rabbit
  2. Brereton
  3. Breretons
  4. brers
  5. BREs
  6. bresaola
  7. Brescia
  8. Brescian
  9. Brescians
  10. Brescias
  11. Bresee

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