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- Italian · borrowed fromossobuco
- English todayosso buco
From Italian ossobuco (a compound of osso (“bone”) + buco (“hole”, or as an adjective, “hollow”)).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
osso buco
Today it means: A northern Italian dish of veal shanks and marrowbones braised in white wine, tomatoes, etc., often served with risotto. Full definition →
Italian ossobuco