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Pistou vs Piston - What's the difference?

pistou | piston |

As a noun pistou

is a cold sauce made from cloves of garlic, fresh basil, and olive oil.

As a proper noun piston is

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pistou

English

(wikipedia pistou)

Noun

(-)
  • A cold sauce made from cloves of garlic, fresh basil, and olive oil.
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  • , passage=On a November morning, the other side of the 12-foot-long cooking area featured metal organizers filled with endive, bread crumbs, almond butter, mushrooms, shallots, chorizo, chives, purée of purple potatoes, parsley pistou , chestnuts, dried tomatoes and other items that allow the chef to riff at high speed. }}

    Coordinate terms

    * (l) * (l)

    piston

    English

    (wikipedia piston)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder, and moves under pressure (as in an engine) or displaces fluid (as in a pump)
  • (music) A valve device in some brass instruments for changing the pitch
  • Derived terms

    * piston rod * piston ring * pistoning

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To move up and down like a piston.
  • Anagrams

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