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caraway

caraway

3 6.1
Small brown seeds used as a spice to add a warm, slightly sweet taste to food
  • noun
  • /ˈkɛrəˌweɪ/
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  • A mix of thinly sliced cauliflower, red cabbage, and white cabbage with a very light dressing and caraway seeds; I was pleasantly surprised and will most definitely attempt to recreate it at home given the chance!
  • caraway seeds
  • caraway flavor
  • add caraway

The fiery Indian inspired flavours are accented with caraway and I'm sure an ingredient that comes from green unripe mangoes.

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Examples

  • You better give us a pound of cheddar with caraway also.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • I seasoned the roast with caraway, giving it a unique flavor.

  • " Not as good as mine, but then I prefer it with caraway seeds, the way my mother used to make it...

    Fiction book (1999)
  • As Janet said, this usually has caraway seeds, but it doesn't have to.

    Blog text (21)
  • Blend in the raisins and caraway seeds.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • My sides were the cauliflower and caraway slaw and mash.

    Blog text (21)
  • The kitchen smells of roast pork, caraway, lamb, fish, rye bread, beer, and coffee perking.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • Theresa brought several dubious-looking mushrooms, thyme, caraway seeds, and other herbs.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • I cut butter into flour and swirled in buttermilk, caraway seeds, raisins, and eggs to make a thick speckled batter for Irish Soda Bread.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • For a delicious salad, add caraway seeds to the cabbage.

Synonyms

Carum carvi
vscaraway
  • Specialized
8.6

A plant from Europe and Asia with small white flowers that makes caraway seeds used as a spice

is the common everyday name used in cooking and markets

Compounds

1 3.4

A small brown seed used to give a warm, slightly spicy flavor to bread and food

Small dark seeds from a Mediterranean plant that people use as a spice like caraway

Bread made with caraway seeds that give it a warm, strong flavor

A caraway plant with leaves that grow in rings around the stem

Surface Forms

caraway singular
caraways plural

Etymology

Caraway comes from the Arabic word karawiyah meaning 'caraway', a name carried to Europe by old spice trade. So caraway today usually means the aromatic seeds of the plant that we use as a spice.