PHO
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pho¹
- /fəʊ/ UK
- /fɜː/ UK
- /fʌ/ UK
- /foʊ/ US
- /fʌ/ US
Sounds like faux, foe · Rhymes with -əʊ, -ɜː, -ʌ
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Vietnamese phở.
noun phos · phở
- A Vietnamese soup with a beef base, typically served with rice noodles and optionally beef or chicken. 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, a typically Annamese condiment which is used in practically all their dishes.
pho²
- /foʊ/ US
- /fʌ/ US
interjection foh · phoh
- Expressing dismissive contempt. 'She is come!' said the old gentleman, laying his hand upon his heart. 'Cormoran and Blunderbore! She is come! All the wealth I have is hers if she will take me for her slave. Where are grace, beauty, and blandishments, like those? In the Empress of Madagascar? No. In the Queen of Diamonds? No. In M
PHO³
noun PHOs
- Abbreviation of partially hydrogenated oil.partially hydrogenated oil
- Abbreviation of potentially hazardous object.potentially hazardous object
Pho⁴
proper noun Phos
- A surname.
