tandoor
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A round clay oven that people in northern India and Pakistan use to bake bread and roast meat
- noun
- /tænˈdʊr/
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tandoor
- The restaurant specializes in tandoor dishes like chicken tikka and lamb kebabs.
- tandoor oven
- Indian tandoor
Examples
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And now I'm just gonna enjoy my warm tandoor bread with Nutella.
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Rich, saucy vegetable curries, smoky tandoor-cooked meats, rice studded with cumin seeds.
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The chef removed the freshly baked naan from the tandoor with great care.
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In India, people often gather around the tandoor to enjoy freshly roasted meats and bread.
Synonyms
oven
vstandoor
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A heated space in a kitchen appliance for baking or roasting food
is a specific clay cylindrical cooking chamber used especially for bread and meats
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tandoor comes from the Persian and Arabic word tanūr, which means 'oven'. It now names the large clay oven used in India and Pakistan for baking bread and roasting meat, so the origin explains its current meaning.