pho
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 8
- Letters
- 3
/fəʊ/(UK)
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/fəʊ/(UK) · /fɜː/(UK) · /fʌ/(UK) · /foʊ/(US) · /fʌ/(US)
Definition of pho
5 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(uncountable, usually)A Vietnamese soup with a beef base, typically served with rice noodles and optionally beef or chicken.
“PHO is the name of an Annamese soup held in high esteem. It is made with beef, a veal bone, onions, a bayleaf, salt, and pepper, and a small teaspoon of nuoc-man, a typically Annamese condiment which is used in practically all their dishes.”
“2003: Frank Browning, "73106: Lemongrass on the Prairie", National Geographic, vol. 203, issue 3 http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0303/feature6/ Ten minutes away from the intersection, the heart of Little Saigon, you can easily walk to five restaurants specializing in pho (the classic Vietnamese beef broth soup), two Asian supermarkets, and several Chinese barbecue cafés.”
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noun
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(uncountable, usually)A Vietnamese soup with a beef base, typically served with rice noodles and optionally beef or chicken.
“PHO is the name of an Annamese soup held in high esteem. It is made with beef, a veal bone, onions, a bayleaf, salt, and pepper, and a small teaspoon of nuoc-man, a typically Annamese condiment which is used in practically all their dishes.”
“2003: Frank Browning, "73106: Lemongrass on the Prairie", National Geographic, vol. 203, issue 3 http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0303/feature6/ Ten minutes away from the intersection, the heart of Little Saigon, you can easily walk to five restaurants specializing in pho (the classic Vietnamese beef broth soup), two Asian supermarkets, and several Chinese barbecue cafés.”
- (abbreviation, alt-of)Abbreviation of partially hydrogenated oil.
- (abbreviation, alt-of)Abbreviation of potentially hazardous object.
intj
- (archaic)Expressing dismissive contempt.
name
- A surname.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from Vietnamese phở.
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