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lɑf noun
1.
a Middle Eastern dish consisting of sautéed, seasoned rice steamed in bouillon, sometimes with poultry, meat or shellfish.
2.
rice cooked in a meat or poultry broth.
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pilau, pilaf, pilaff, pilao, pilaw or pulao (pɪˈlaʊ, ˈpɪlæf, pɪˈlaʊ, pɪˈlɔː, pʊˈlaʊ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
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| a dish originating from the East, consisting of rice flavoured with spices and cooked in stock, to which meat, poultry, or fish may be added | |
| [C17: from Turkish pilāw, from Persian] | |
| pilaf, pilaf, pilaff, pilao, pilaw or pulao | |
| —n | |
| [C17: from Turkish pilāw, from Persian] | |
| pilaff, pilaf, pilaff, pilao, pilaw or pulao | |
| —n | |
| [C17: from Turkish pilāw, from Persian] | |
| pilao, pilaf, pilaff, pilao, pilaw or pulao | |
| —n | |
| [C17: from Turkish pilāw, from Persian] | |
| pilaw, pilaf, pilaff, pilao, pilaw or pulao | |
| —n | |
| [C17: from Turkish pilāw, from Persian] | |
| pulao, pilaf, pilaff, pilao, pilaw or pulao | |
| —n | |
| [C17: from Turkish pilāw, from Persian] | |
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Pilaf
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
pilaf
oriental dish of rice boiled with meat, 1612, from Turk. pilav, from Pers. pilaw. Spelling infl. by Mod.Gk. pilafi, from the Turkish word.
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Example sentences
Combinations are served with oven-roasted vegetables and rice pilaf.
Healthy sides include green beans, tomato slices, vegetable rice pilaf and cinnamon apples.
You're not going to grow an extra eyeball or develop cancer from eating some pilaf.
Green beans and rice pilaf were observed being served on each plate that was not a pureed texture.
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