stews

Meaning

1. A cooking-dish used for boiling; a cauldron.
2. A heated bath-room or steam-room; also, a hot bath.
3. A brothel.
4. A prostitute.
5. A dish cooked by stewing.
6. A pool in which fish are kept in preparation for eating; a stew pond.
7. To cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering.
8. To brew (tea) for too long, so that the flavour becomes too strong.
9. To suffer under uncomfortably hot conditions.
10. To be in a state of elevated anxiety or anger.
11. A steward or stewardess on an airplane.
12. A brothel.

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Sources

1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data