tandoori

tan·door·i

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [tahn-doo r-ee]
- /tɑnˈdʊər i/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [tahn-doo r-ee]
- /tɑnˈdʊər i/

Definitions of tandoori word

adjective tandoori baked or cooked in a tandoor: tandoori chicken. 1
noun tandoori a plural of tandoor. 1
noun plural tandoori a cylindrical clay oven, fired to a high heat by wood or charcoal, in which foods, especially meats, are cooked and bread is baked. 1
noun tandoori Asian food: baked with spices 1
adjective tandoori Tandoori dishes are Indian meat dishes which are cooked in a clay oven. 0
noun tandoori an Indian method of cooking meat or vegetables on a spit in a clay oven 0

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Origin of tandoori

First appearance:

before 1965

One of the 2% newest English words

1965-70; < Hindi tandūrī, adj. derivative of tandūr tandur

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Parts of speech for Tandoori

noun

adjective

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adverb

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preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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tandoori popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 61% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for tandoori

noun tandoori

microwave — an electromagnetic wave of extremely high frequency, 1 GH 3 or more, and having wavelengths of from 1 mm to 30 cm.

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