tandoori
/tænˈdʊɹi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.36 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Call me when you get in and invite me out for a tandoori — Oh, and by the way, Jude e-mailed to say she's still having a ball with Marcus and everything's as sweet as a nut."
- "Having a relaxing stress-free pint with my fiancée, going for a tandoori afterwards and hoping that she'll come back to my place for B and B, or who knows, maybe even invite me to hers.'"
- "'Let's go down the Shahbag for a tandoori!'"
- "He's done those lads at a tandoori when they started giving him grief."
- "Now, of course, there is a tandoori in every high street (and a balti and a Thai takeaway as well); proving, if proof were needed, that people's tastes even in conservative Britain are nothing like so conservative as is often supposed."
- "A sandwich at three, and dinner out at a tandoori this evening."
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindustani तन्दूरी (tandūrī) / تندوری (tandūrī), from Classical Persian تنوری (tanūrī).
Word Breakdown
- Root: تنوری
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /tænˈdʊɹi/
- British English: /tænˈdʊəɹi/
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Food.