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[syn: puree, strain]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pur'ee \Pu`r['e]e"\, n. [F.]
A dish made by boiling any article of food to a pulp and then
blending it or rubbing it through a sieve; as, a pur['e]e of
fish, or of potatoes; especially, a soup the thickening of
which is so treated.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pur'ee \Pu`r['e]e"\, v. t. [F.]
To grind or blend into a paste with the solids finely
divided; to make into a puree.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
puree
n 1: food prepared by cooking and straining or processed in a
blender
v 1: rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender;
"puree the vegetables for the baby" [syn: puree,
strain]