STEWED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stewed mean? 

• STEWED (adjective)
  The adjective STEWED has 1 sense:

1. cooked in hot water

  Familiarity information: STEWED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STEWED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cooked in hot water

Synonyms:

boiled; poached; stewed

Similar:

cooked (having been prepared for eating by the application of heat)

 Context examples 

He paid a dollar each on account to the four tradesmen, and in his kitchen fried steak and onions, made coffee, and stewed a large pot of prunes.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

A pair of hot roast fowls—from the pastry-cook's; a dish of stewed beef, with vegetables—from the pastry-cook's; two little corner things, as a raised pie and a dish of kidneys—from the pastrycook's; a tart, and (if I liked) a shape of jelly—from the pastrycook's.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)