osso buco

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   sliced veal knuckle or shin bone cooked with olive oil and wine and tomatoes and served with rice or vegetables

   Broaderdish

Questions about osso buco

What does osso buco mean?

osso buco means "sliced veal knuckle or shin bone cooked with olive oil and wine and tomatoes and served with rice or vegetables".

Is osso buco a common word?

osso buco is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.