Collocations for "stew"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "stew" in context.
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stew
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- eat [lamb] stew
- stew with [lamb, tomatoes, beef]
- [meat, pork, vegetable] stew
- a [thick, spicy] stew
- buy [tinned, canned, ready-made] stew
- am making (a) stew for [dinner, lunch]
- are having stew for [dinner]
- have been cooking the stew [all day, for hours]
- a [bowl, pot] of stew
- a recipe for stew
- figurative: is in a stew about [finishing, going, taking]
- stew the [apples, prunes]
- stew the meat until tender
- stew it with [carrots, tomatoes, lamb]
- stew for [a day, five hours]
- stew until [tender, cooked, done]
- stew in [wine, tomato juice]
- stewed to perfection
- is stewing about [the result, what happened]
- is stewing over [the result]
- idiom: (left him to) stew in his own juice(s)
- a stew recipe
'stew' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):