curry
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1.4
- noun
- /ˈkɜri/
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curry
- For dinner, we enjoyed a spicy chicken curry with rice and naan.
- chicken curry
- cook curry
It's great if you're making a Curry, but I wouldn't have it.
- It's great if you're making a Curry, but I wouldn't have it.
- Thai Curry, Malaysian Curry, Indian Curry, Jamaican Curry.
- It's pork belly and wine and Curry and something else and what?
- No, a good old Belgian Curry baby can't beat it.
Examples
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You can serve this Curry with rice and naan bread.
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This is the fish Curry and the beef Curry.
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I do love a good curry all the same.
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Can you taste the curry?
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"Good rich curry," said Tiger Man, "sent by my boys in the kitchen for me."
Fiction book (2002) -
I'll have the curry goat, and a side order of ribs.
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And I have the Japanese Curry with some yummy soup and salad.
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I'm just having a vegan Curry dish.
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The second night, Clem cooked me some chicken curry and played me some songs he'd written on his guitar.
Fiction book (1990) -
I can smell the delicious aroma of the curry cooking on the stove.
Synonyms
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A dish of chicken cooked in a spicy sauce often served with rice
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4.8
A very spicy Indian curry with meat, potatoes, and hot sauce
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A dish of lamb cooked in a spicy sauce like Indian food
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2.1
A meal made with many strong spices that makes your mouth feel hot
Idioms
Compounds
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1.0
A spicy, often creamy liquid people make with Indian spices for meat, rice, or vegetables
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3.2
A small leaf used in South Indian and Sri Lankan cooking to add a strong smell and taste
How Spicy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Curry (the spicy dish) comes from the Tamil word kari meaning 'sauce', and when people began eating South Asian food in English-speaking places the word came to mean the spiced sauce or dish often served with rice.