Tandoor Definition

tän-do͝or
tandoori, tandoors
noun
An oven, originally in India, made of clay and capable of high temperatures, for fast cooking or baking.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Tandoor

Noun

Singular:
tandoor
Plural:
tandoors

Origin of Tandoor

  • Hindi Urdu tandūr from Persian tanūr, tundūr oven from Middle Persian tanūr from Old Iranian tanūra- Aramaic tannūrā Akkadian tinūru and Sumerian duruna all probably from a substrate source in southwest Asia

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Hindustani तन्दूर (tandÅ«r) / تندور (tandÅ«r), from Persian تنور (tanur), from Middle Persian tnwl (tanÅ«r, “oven"), ultimately from Akkadian [script?] (tinÅ«ru)[script?], all meaning oven.

    From Wiktionary

Tandoor Sentence Examples

  • Well, the chicken tikka pieces should be aromatic and slightly smoky from the tandoor.

  • One exception is paneer tikka, for which the paneer is grilled in a tandoor, or cylindrical oven.

  • This Indian restaurant specializes in tandoor style preparation, but also offers a small selection of curries.

  • Indian breads are superb, particularly the onion naan, which is stuffed with onions and served directly from the tandoor oven.

  • The restaurant features a tandoor (clay) oven and several vegetarian dishes.

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