Gazpacho definition
A chilled soup made with chopped tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, peppers, and herbs.
noun
A Spanish soup made with tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, and onions, chopped up raw with oil, vinegar, etc. and served cold.
noun
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Noun
Singular:
gazpacho
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gazpachosOrigin of gazpacho
- Spanish originally, a soup made from pulverized stale or toasted bread from a Mozarabic source perhaps akin to Spanish caspicias remainders and caspa dandruff (of pre-Roman Iberian origin) or from Late Latin gāzophylacium treasury, alms box (the soup being so called because of the miscellaneous worn-out items found in alms boxes) from Greek gāzophulakion treasury gāza treasure (of Iranian origin) (Persian ganj treasure) phulax, phulak- guard
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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