Brothel vs. Stew

Brothelnoun

A house of prostitution.

Stewnoun

(obsolete) A cooking-dish used for boiling; a cauldron.

Brothelnoun

(obsolete) A wretch; a depraved or lewd person.

Stewnoun

A heated bath-room or steam-room; also, a hot bath.

Brothelnoun

A house of lewdness or ill fame; a house frequented by prostitutes; a bawdyhouse.

Stewnoun

(archaic) A brothel.

Brothelnoun

a building where prostitutes are available

Stewnoun

(obsolete) A prostitute.

Brothel

A brothel, bordello, ranch, or whorehouse is a place where people engage in sexual activity with prostitutes. However, for legal or cultural reasons, establishments often describe themselves as massage parlors, bars, strip clubs, body rub parlours, studios, or by some other description.

Stewnoun

A dish cooked by stewing.

Stewnoun

(Sussex) A pool in which fish are kept in preparation for eating; a stew pond.

Stewnoun

An artificial bed of oysters.

Stewnoun

(slang) A state of agitated excitement, worry, and/or confusion.

‘to be in a stew’;

Stewnoun

A steward or stewardess on an airplane.

Stewverb

To cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering.

‘I'm going to stew some meat for the casserole.’; ‘The meat is stewing nicely.’;

Stewverb

(transitive) To brew (tea) for too long, so that the flavour becomes too strong.

Stewverb

To suffer under uncomfortably hot conditions.

Stewverb

To be in a state of elevated anxiety or anger.

Stewnoun

A small pond or pool where fish are kept for the table; a vivarium.

Stewnoun

An artificial bed of oysters.

Stewnoun

A place of stewing or seething; a place where hot bathes are furnished; a hothouse.

‘As burning Ætna from his boiling stewDoth belch out flames.’; ‘The Lydians were inhibited by Cyrus to use any armor, and give themselves to baths and stews.’;

Stewnoun

A brothel; - usually in the plural.

‘There be that hate harlots, and never were at the stews.’;

Stewnoun

A prostitute.

Stewnoun

A dish prepared by stewing; as, a stewof pigeons.

Stewnoun

A state of agitating excitement; a state of worry; confusion; as, to be in a stew.

Stewverb

To boil slowly, or with the simmering or moderate heat; to seethe; to cook in a little liquid, over a gentle fire, without boiling; as, to stew meat; to stew oysters; to stew apples.

Stewverb

To be seethed or cooked in a slow, gentle manner, or in heat and moisture.

Stewnoun

agitation resulting from active worry;

‘don't get in a stew’; ‘he's in a sweat about exams’;

Stewnoun

food prepared by stewing especially meat or fish with vegetables

Stewverb

be in a huff; be silent or sullen

Stewverb

bear a grudge; harbor ill feelings

Stewverb

cook slowly and for a long time in liquid;

‘Stew the vegetables in wine’;

Stew

A stew is a combination of solid food ingredients that have been cooked in liquid and served in the resultant gravy. Ingredients in a stew can include any combination of vegetables and may include meat, especially tougher meats suitable for slow-cooking, such as beef, poultry, sausages, and seafood.