Bouillabaisse

Quick meaning: Bouillabaisse is a noun meaning A type of fish soup or stew from Provence, France.

Meaning

A type of fish soup or stew from Provence, France.

More Meanings

1. (figuratively) A mixture.

Example Sentences

On the very bridge of the boat, exhilarated, he [Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec] concocted elaborate bouillabaisses, refining his recipes with priestly gravity.

Further to the east he could see the jetty of the Yacht Club, where one may eat to surfeit of the best bouillabaisse in the world, in some of the best company.

A remarkable bouillabaisse is served up in the little restaurant where I take my meals, that is, lunch, for in the evening I eat only fruit, figs and grapes mostly, in my room.

I expected the open-air markets, but defrosted bouillabaisse and canned ratatouille weren’t what I imagined to be staples of Parisian culinary life. Yet they’ve become mainstays.

Word Forms

• bouillabaisses

Synonyms for bouillabaisse

Depending on context, synonyms include bric-a-brac, catch-all, clamjamfrey, cocktail, rummage, anthology.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include stew, fougasse, reblochon, bourguignon, boulangerie, bastide.

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