baklava
or ba·kla·wa
a Near Eastern pastry made of many layers of paper-thin dough with a filling of ground nuts, baked and then drenched in a syrup of honey and sometimes rosewater.
Origin of baklava
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How to use baklava in a sentence
Gaziantep is famous for its baklava and this batch of twenty was expensive.
Abed filled his mouth with a piece of the baklava, I needed to get our conversation going.
He shrugged and took another piece of the baklava, considering it in his fingers for a moment.
He said nothing about the baklava, but stood at the end of our table, his eyes resting on me, as if I should order.
He took up a rich baklava dessert, saturated with honey, and devoured it.
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British Dictionary definitions for baklava
baclava
/ (ˈbɑːkləˌvɑː) /
a rich cake of Middle Eastern origin consisting of thin layers of pastry filled with nuts and honey
Origin of baklava
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