# pho

Pronunciation: say "FOH" US /foʊ/, UK /fəʊ/

## Noun

1. A Vietnamese soup built on a beef-based broth, usually served with rice noodles and, optionally, beef or chicken.
   - Simple: A Vietnamese soup made with rice noodles, broth, and meat like beef or chicken.
   - _She warmed up with a steaming bowl of pho on a cold winter evening._
   - _Good pho depends on a broth simmered for many hours with charred onion and spices._

## Interjection

2. An exclamation expressing dismissive contempt. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: A sound you make to show you do not care about something or do not respect it.
   - _Pho! Such trifling concerns are beneath my notice._
   - _"Pho, what nonsense," he muttered, turning back to his book._

## Origin

Borrowed from Vietnamese "phở."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/pho (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).