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əs noun
Middle Eastern Cookery. a paste or dip made of chickpeas mashed with oil, garlic, lemon juice, and tahini and usually eaten with pita.
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| a creamy dip originating in the Middle East, made from puréed chickpeas, tahina, etc | |
| hoummos, hoummos or houmous | |
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| houmous, hoummos or houmous | |
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Hummus
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Word Origin & History
hummus
1955, from Turk. humus "mashed chick peas."
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Example sentences
Vegetarian options include the combination plate with falafel, hummus and roasted eggplant spread.
For breakfast, try the organic scrambled egg panini served with red pepper hummus.
The avocado hummus on this tapas plate is ridiculously good.
The menu was surprisingly interesting and varied, with everything from salmon to hummus to vegetarian options.
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