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DictionaryminestroneItalian vegetable soup
noun

minestrone

min-uh-STROH-nee/ˌmɪnəˈstrəʊni/

A thick Italian vegetable soup.

The bowl of minestrone contains vegetables, white beans, and short pasta.

A close three-quarter view of a bowl of thick minestrone, with vegetables, white beans, and short pasta clearly distinguishable in a small amount of tomato-colored broth.
Etymology
minestrItaliansoup, pottage
+oneItalianlarge

Minestra meant soup, literally “that which is served,” and -one enlarged the idea. The name thus presents this thick vegetable soup as a big or substantial soup.

In context

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quickly snaps out of it and brings over the freshly prepared meal. She serves Alan a croque madame made with homemade sun -dried tomatoes, along with a warm bowl of minestrone soup.
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More examples

  • This hearty minestrone contains beans, carrots, and small pasta shells.
  • She serves minestrone with crusty bread.
  • We add summer squash to our minestrone.

Forms

minestrone · minestrones

Similar words

vegetable soup
May be thin and need not follow Italian traditions.
soup
A broader category that includes thin broths and creamy soups.