puree

P3U1R1E1E1
/ˈpjʊəɹeɪ//pjʊəˈɹeɪ/

noun

A food that has been ground or crushed into a thick liquid or paste.

“Tomato sauce is generally a puree.”

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Meanings

puree1

nounpuree (countable and uncountable, plural purees)

plural purees · alternative purée

  1. countableuncountableA food that has been ground or crushed into a thick liquid or paste.

    Tomato sauce is generally a puree.

verbpuree (third-person singular simple present purees, present participle pureeing, simple past and past participle pureed)

present singular third person purees · participle present pureeing · participle past pureed · past pureed · alternative purée

  1. transitiveTo crush or grind food into a puree.

    Puree the vegetables and add them to the stock.

puree2

nounpuree (usually uncountable, plural purees)

plural purees · alternative purée

  1. alternativeuncountableusuallyAlternative form of puri (“type of unleavened bread”).

Synonyms & antonyms

verbrub through a strainer or process in an electric blender

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Origin

  1. Frenchpurée
  2. Frenchpurée
  3. Englishpuree

Borrowed from French purée.

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Translations

Arabic هريس
  • هريس (harīs)food that has been ground into a thick liquid
Bulgarian пюре́, пасирам
  • пюре́ (pjuré)food that has been ground into a thick liquid
  • пасирам (pasiram)to crush or grind food into a puree
Catalan puré
  • puréfood that has been ground into a thick liquid
Chinese Mandarin 菜泥, 果泥
  • 菜泥 (càiní)food that has been ground into a thick liquid
  • 果泥 (guǒní)food that has been ground into a thick liquid
  • 肉泥 (ròuní)food that has been ground into a thick liquid
  • 馬鈴薯泥 /马铃薯泥 (mǎlíngshǔ ní)food that has been ground into a thick liquid
Czech pyré, kaše
  • pyréfood that has been ground into a thick liquid
  • kašefood that has been ground into a thick liquid
Danish puré
  • puréfood that has been ground into a thick liquid
Dutch puree
  • pureefood that has been ground into a thick liquid
Esperanto kaĉo, pureo
  • kaĉofood that has been ground into a thick liquid
  • pureofood that has been ground into a thick liquid
Finnish pyree, sose
  • pyreefood that has been ground into a thick liquid
  • sosefood that has been ground into a thick liquid
  • soseuttaato crush or grind food into a puree
French purée
  • puréefood that has been ground into a thick liquid
German Püree, pürieren
  • Püreefood that has been ground into a thick liquid
  • pürierento crush or grind food into a puree
Greek πουρές
  • πουρές (pourés)food that has been ground into a thick liquid
Hungarian püré, pép
  • püréfood that has been ground into a thick liquid
  • pépfood that has been ground into a thick liquid
  • pépesítto crush or grind food into a puree
  • passzírozto crush or grind food into a puree
  • pürét készítto crush or grind food into a puree
Indonesian pure
  • purefood that has been ground into a thick liquid
Italian purè, passata
  • purèfood that has been ground into a thick liquid
  • passatafood that has been ground into a thick liquid
Japanese ピューレ, ピュレ
  • ピューレ (pyūre)food that has been ground into a thick liquid
  • ピュレ (pyure)food that has been ground into a thick liquid
Korean 퓌레
  • 퓌레 (pwire)food that has been ground into a thick liquid
Norwegian Bokmål puré
  • puréfood that has been ground into a thick liquid
Persian پوره
  • پوره (pure)food that has been ground into a thick liquid
Polish purée, tłuc
  • puréefood that has been ground into a thick liquid
  • tłucto crush or grind food into a puree
Portuguese puré
  • puréfood that has been ground into a thick liquid
Romanian pireu
  • pireufood that has been ground into a thick liquid
Russian пюре́
  • пюре́ (pjurɛ́)food that has been ground into a thick liquid
Slovak pyré, kaša
  • pyréfood that has been ground into a thick liquid
  • kašafood that has been ground into a thick liquid
Spanish puré, pasar
  • puréfood that has been ground into a thick liquid
  • pasarto crush or grind food into a puree
  • machacarto crush or grind food into a puree
Turkish püre
  • pürefood that has been ground into a thick liquid
Ukrainian пюре́
  • пюре́ (pjuré)food that has been ground into a thick liquid

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APA

puree. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/puree

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“puree.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/puree. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “puree,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/puree.

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