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pho | poh |

As a noun pho

is a vietnamese soup with a beef base, typically served with rice noodles and beef or chicken.

As an interjection poh is

expressing contempt or disgust; bah.

pho

English

(wikipedia pho)

Noun

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  • A Vietnamese soup with a beef base, typically served with rice noodles and beef or chicken.
  • * 1935: Marcelle "Countess" Morphy, Recipes of All Nations , p. 802 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924003591769;view=1up;seq=816]
  • 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,(SIC) 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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    poh

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    Abbreviation

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  • (chemistry) The negative of the base 10 logarithm of the concentration of hydroxide ions, measured in moles per liter.
  • Coordinate terms

    * pH

    See also

    * hydroxyl * hydroxide * hydrogen ion * hydronium

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