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Grandma made vegetable stew for dinner.
What does Stew mean?
a thick slow-cooked dish.
Dictionary definition
A thick dish cooked slowly with pieces of food in liquid, or to cook that way.
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Stew in a sentence
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The stew cooked slowly until the carrots were soft.
hard
A good stew often tastes richer after the flavors blend for a long time.
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What does stew mean?
Stew means a thick slow-cooked dish.
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Which word is closest in meaning to stew?
Soup is close in meaning to stew.
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Choose the best word to complete the sentence: The cook let the vegetable ___ simmer on the stove.
Stew fits because it is a slow-cooked dish.
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WordStew.
Partnoun, verb.
MeaningStew means a thick slow-cooked dish.
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Synonyms
Words like Stew
Antonyms
Opposite words
raw foodFood that has not been cooked.
dry snackA snack without the liquid of a stew.
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Word family
Stew word family
Base word
stew
noun
stews
More than one slow-cooked dish.
verb
stewed
Cooked slowly in liquid.
verb
stewing
Cooking slowly in liquid now.
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Hint for students
a thick slow-cooked dish.
Common mix-up
Stew is not the same as raw food. Stew means a thick slow-cooked dish.
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Read this model sentence: The stew cooked slowly until the carrots were soft. Clue words: cooked, slowly, until. Underline clue words that show why stew fits instead of raw food. Now write one new sentence that shows stew without using the word stew. Ask: Does my sentence clearly show stew?
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