Word Meaning

stew definition and meaning

n. A small pond or pool where fish are kept for the table; a vivarium.
n. An artificial bed of oysters.
v. t. To boil slowly, or with the simmering or moderate heat; to seethe; to cook in a little liquid, over a gentle fire, without boiling; as, to stew meat; to stew oysters; to stew apples.
v. i. To be seethed or cooked in a slow, gentle manner, or in heat and moisture.
v. t. A place of stewing or seething; a place where hot bathes are furnished; a hothouse.
v. t. A brothel; -- usually in the plural.
v. t. A prostitute.
v. t. A dish prepared by stewing; as, a stewof pigeons.
v. t. A state of agitating excitement; a state of worry; confusion; as, to be in a stew.

Crossword clues for stew

- Bad mood
- Be in a huf
- Boil slowly
- Braise
- Cabin attendant
- Casserole
- Cook slowly in liquid
- Dish prepared by simmering various ingredients
- Gets stressed
- Hotpot
- Meat casserole
- Meat dish
- Simmer
- Simmer in heat
- Simmer slowly
- Slowly boil
- Stewart artlessly creates Irish dish
- Swelter out west