Meaning of phở | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Alternative spelling of pho (“Vietnamese soup”).
   alt-of, alternative, uncountable
2. Abbreviation of partially hydrogenated oil.
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3. A Vietnamese soup with a beef base, typically served with rice noodles and optionally beef or chicken.
   uncountable, usually
4. A surname.
5. Abbreviation of potentially hazardous object.
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Examples

“The next two popular — or should I say available — jobs for Vietnamese people who just migrated to the US were to work at phở restaurants or food supermarkets, and that’s exactly what I did. I applied to be a chef at a phở restaurant.”

“Add the phở spice bags into the soup base.”

“In 1975 refugees fleeing Vietnam introduced phở to North America and made it so popular there that now there are more than 2,000 phở restaurants in the United States.”

“Today, the website Phở Fever lists over 3,000 phở restaurants in the U.S.”

“Though there is no downtown or central shopping district to mark the area’s distinctiveness, the abundant phở restaurants, taquerias, and ethnic supermarkets in the area’s strip malls hint that Berryessa does not conform to antiquated stereotypes about the “burbs.””

“They walked around for almost one hour before finally finding one phở-style deli.”

“Guards brought him lukewarm phở, soup with stringy greens and various scraps of meat, fat, and vegetables.”

“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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