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partan bree

partan bree noun: a Scottish crab soup made with cream and rice.

Noun

partan bree (uncountable)

  1. A Scottish crab soup made with cream and rice.

Origin of partan bree

Scots; partan is Gaelic and Scots for crab, and bree (cognate to brew) is Scots for soup.

Questions about partan bree

What does partan bree mean?
Partan bree means a Scottish crab soup made with cream and rice.
What part of speech is partan bree?
Partan bree is a noun.

Words near partan bree in the dictionary

  1. partakest
  2. partaketh
  3. partaking
  4. partakings
  5. partal
  6. partan bree
  7. partans
  8. Partav
  9. partay
  10. partayed
  11. partaying

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