- pilau rice
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noun [uncountable]
flavoured and often coloured rice eaten with Indian food
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pilau rice
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pilau rice — noun uncount flavored and often colored rice eaten with Indian food … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
pilau rice — UK US noun [uncountable] flavoured and often coloured rice eaten with Indian food Thesaurus: indian foodhyponym … Useful english dictionary
pilau — [[t]pi͟ːlaʊ, AM pɪlo͟ʊ[/t]] pilaus N MASS Pilau or pilau rice is rice flavoured with spices, often mixed with pieces of meat or fish … English dictionary
rice — [raıs] n [U] [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: ris, from Greek oryza, oryzon] 1.) a food that consists of small white or brown grains that you boil in water until they become soft enough to eat →↑risotto, pilau ↑pilau ▪ a tasty sauce served … Dictionary of contemporary English
pilau — a type of Middle Eastern or Indian spiced dish of rice, is normally spelt in this way in BrE, but pilaf or pilaff in AmE. These forms also occur, however, in BrE … Modern English usage
pilau — Pillau Pil*lau , n. [Per. & Turk. pilau.] An Oriental dish consisting of rice boiled with mutton, fat, or butter. [Written also {pilau}.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
rice — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ brown, red (esp. AmE), white ▪ long grain, short grain ▪ basmati ▪ wild … Collocations dictionary
pilau — noun Pilau is used before these nouns: ↑rice … Collocations dictionary
pilau — pi|lau [ˈpi:lau US pıˈlou] n [U and C] BrE [Date: 1600 1700; : Persian; Origin: pilaw] a dish made of rice, vegetables, and sometimes meat ▪ mushroom pilau … Dictionary of contemporary English
pilau — noun (C, U) a dish made from rice mixed with vegetables and often meat: mushroom pilau … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
