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tandoori

[tahn-door-ee]

adjective

  1. baked or cooked in a tandoor.

    tandoori chicken.



noun

  1. a plural of tandoor.

tandoori

/ æˈʊəɪ /

noun

    1. an Indian method of cooking meat or vegetables on a spit in a clay oven

    2. ( as modifier )

      tandoori chicken

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tandoori1

1965–70; from Hindi ٲԻūī, adjective derivative of ٲԻū tandoor ( def. )
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tandoori1

from Urdu, from tandoor an oven
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Example Sentences

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By the time the heist is underway, Charlie, who’s recently arrived in town and taken a job delivering for a local Tandoori restaurant, has found herself making regular stops at SuperSave.

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For me, the tandoori chicken was the star of the show and its flavors made me nostalgic for my mom’s home cooking.

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He also recalled how their relationship was sealed "over a tandoori chicken masala, four poppadoms and three pints of lager" after meeting on TV drama The Gambling Man in 1992.

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Mr Ahmed, from Smethwick, claimed turnover for Bengal Tandoori Lichfield Limited was £420,000 - but The Insolvency Service said investigations discovered actual turnover was closer to £150,000, meaning the company was only entitled to a loan of £37,500.

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Bengal Tandoori Lichfield Limited went into liquidation in June 2021, owing more than £121,000 to creditors, The Insolvency Service said.

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