English Dictionary

stew

IPA（発音記号）

/stʃʉː/

名詞

廃用 不可算名詞 通常 歴史的 古語 可算名詞 アメリカ英語 地域限定 俗語

(obsolete) A cooking-dish used for boiling; a cauldron. / (now historical) A heated bath-room or steam-room; also, a hot bath. / (archaic) A brothel. / (obsolete) A prostitute.

日本語の意味

（時代遅れ）煮込みやゆでるための調理用鍋、または大釜としての鍋類を指す。 / （現代では歴史的な用法）温浴室またはスチームルーム、つまり温かい風呂を指す。 / （古語）売春宿を指す。 / （時代遅れ）売春婦を指す。

In the museum note, the word stew refers not to the food but to the large boiling vessel once used over open fires.

博物館の説明文では、「煮炊き用の鍋」という語は料理を指すのではなく、かつてかまどで使われていた大きな煮炊き用の器を指している。

意味（1）

(obsolete) A cooking-dish used for boiling; a cauldron.

意味（2）

(now historical) A heated bath-room or steam-room; also, a hot bath.

And when he came to the chamber there as this lady was the dores of yron vnlocked and vnbolted / And so syr launcelot wente in to the chambre that was as hote as ony stewe / And there syr launcelot toke the fayrest lady by the hand / that euer he sawe / and she was naked as a nedel

意味（3）

(archaic) A brothel.

And rak'd, for converts, even the court and stews.

意味（4）

(obsolete) A prostitute.

But it was so plotted betwixt the Lady, her Husband, and Bristol, that instead of that beauty, he had a notorious Stew sent him, and surely his carriage there was so lascivious...

意味（5）

(uncountable, countable) A dish cooked by stewing.

I noticed then that there was nothing to drink on the table but brandy, and nothing to eat but salted herrings, and a hot, sickly, highly peppered stew.

意味（6）

(Sussex) A pool in which fish are kept in preparation for eating; a stew pond.

It was used as a stew, so that the inhabitants of the castle could have fish on Fridays, and for this reason the architects had been careful not to let the drains and sewers run into it. It was stocked with fish every year.

意味（7）

(US, regional) An artificial bed of oysters.

意味（8）

(slang) A state of agitated excitement, worry, and/or confusion.

to be in a stew

stews （ plural ）