Pho

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /fəʊ/
• US IPA: /foÊŠ/, /fÊŒ/, /fÉ™/

Origin

From Vietnamese phở.

Full definition of pho

Noun

1. 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=816PHO 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.
• 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.

Anagrams

• hop
• OHP
• pOH, POH