stew synonyms

stew

n.

ragout, goulash, Hungarian goulash, meat pie, cottage pie, steak-and-kidney pie, gallimaufry, olla-podrida, olla, olio, stroganoff, bouillabaisse, beef stew, Irish stew, slumgullion*, casserole*, mutton stew, lamb stew, veal stew, pot-au-feu (French), matelote; see also food, soup.

stew

v.

  1. To boil

    simmer, braise, fricassee; see boil 1, cook.

  2. To fret

    fume, fuss, chafe; see fume, worry 2. See syn. study at boil.

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