gazpacho

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
25
Words With Friends
27
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ɡəsˈpɑːt͡ʃəʊ/
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/ɡəsˈpɑːt͡ʃəʊ/ · /ɡəsˈpæt͡ʃəʊ/

Definition of gazpacho

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A cold soup of Spanish origin, made with olive oil, vinegar, bread and raw vegetables such as tomatoes, garlic, onion, cucumber and sweet peppers.
    “First, as to the title: Gazpacho is the name of a dish universal in, and peculiar to, Spain. It is a sort of cold soup, made of bread, pot-herbs, oil, and water. Its materials are easily come by, and its concoction requires no skill.”
    “[…] I’d rather have my fill of gazpacho than be subject to the misery of a meddling doctor who kills me with hunger, and I’d rather lie in summer under the shade of an oak, and in winter wrap myself in a double sheepskin jacket in freedom, than go to bed between holland sheets and dress in sables under the restraint of a government.”
    “He will eat a plateful of gazpacho or puchero, a sardine, half a roll of bread, and drink clear water as often as wine. Food is always of secondary importance: he ranks it after his novia, after his cigarillo, after the bulls.”
    “Seville is the home of gazpacho, a delicious cold soup of cucumber, tomato, and miscellaneous garnishings.”

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Etymology

From Spanish gazpacho, perhaps via Mozarabic *gazpelağo from Latin gazophylacium (“treasure-chest in a church”), alluding to the diversity of its contents. Alternatively, related to Spanish caspicias (“remnants”).

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