tandoor

noun

tan·​door tän-ˈdu̇r How to pronounce tandoor (audio)
: a cylindrical clay oven in which food is cooked over charcoal

Examples of tandoor in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Plus, the paprika lends a red hue reminiscent of cooking in a tandoor. The Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appétit, 10 Sep. 2024 The menu offers beef, lamb and chicken dishes such as a layered tandoor samsa – tender chunks of beef marinated in aromatic spices and cooked in a traditional tandoor oven – and lamb plov, which is savory lamb cooked with aromatic spices and tender rice. Alexandra Maloney, Charlotte Observer, 17 July 2024 Or, order a la carte from the menu from a selection of appetizers, biryanis, tandoor, rice dishes and breads. Alexandra Maloney, Charlotte Observer, 29 May 2024 Kundan Lal was the first person known to use a tandoor oven to roast chickens; previously, tandoors had only been used to bake bread. Dallas News, 19 Oct. 2020 See all Example Sentences for tandoor 

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Word History

Etymology

Hindi & Urdu tandūr, tannūr, from Persian tanūr, from Arabic tannūr

First Known Use

1840, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of tandoor was in 1840

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“Tandoor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tandoor. Accessed 8 Oct. 2024.

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