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stew

  • noun
  • sto͞o

A heated bath-room or steam-room; also, a hot bath.

Other meanings

  1. A dish cooked by stewing.

  2. A pool in which fish are kept in preparation for eating.

Word history

From Ancient Greek "τῦφος" (smoke, steam).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “stew” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.