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stewp en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /stjuːp/ (UK)
• /stʃʉːp/ (Australia)
• sto͞op (US)
• /stʃuːp/ (UK)
• /stup/ (US)

Etymology

Blend of stew + soup.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A thick, chunky soup that is thicker than most soups but thinner than a stew.
   • Stewp is part stew and part soup. Crusty bread is perfect for dunking. 1999, Jean Paré, “Fish Seafood”, in One-Dish Meals, illustrated edition, Company's Coming Publishing Limited, →ISBN, page 60:
   • I made what was likely to be the last pot of soup for the season as the weather was warming up. This was a thick, hearty soup of the type my family has labelled ‘stewp’. 2012 October 1, Mary Horsfall, “October”, in Gardens for All Seasons, Csiro Publishing, →ISBN, page 246:
   • A “stewp” is like a stew and a soup combined. 2005 July 1, Linda Larsen, The Everything Meals For A Month Cookbook: Smart Recipes To Help You Plan Ahead, Save Time, And Stay On Budget, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 22:
   • Julia spooned up some stewp. “I'm glad you like it.” She blew on her spoonful before she took a bite. 2017 October 31, Fern Michaels, Susan Fox, Jules Bennett, Leah Marie Brown, Winter Wishes, Zebra Books, →ISBN:
   • But Nana died when I was seven, and my grandpa, who could put up a mean “stewp”—a thick, chunky soup—when I was thirteen. I was too young to remember their wisdom, or to have understood it in the first place. But I have the file. 2010 October 19, Suzan Colon, Cherries in Winter: My Family's Recipe for Hope in Hard Times, illustrated edition, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 9:
   • This stewp (stew/soup), also known as a pepper pot, can be adapted to any hardy green and uses cheap cuts of meat in a spicy coconut broth. The stewed meat is sometimes seen served on top of the stewp, and the stewp is sometimes purée into a thick sauce. 2021 September 7, Christine Tizzard, Cook More, Waste Less: Zero-Waste Recipes to Use Up Groceries, Tackle Food Scraps, and Transform Leftovers, Appetite by Random House, →ISBN:

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