couscous

[ koos-koos ]

/ ˈkus kus /

noun

a North African dish consisting of steamed semolina, served with vegetables and meat.

Nearby words

courtship, courtship display, courtside, courtyard, couru, couscous, cousin, cousin jack, cousin-german, cousinly, cousinry

Origin of couscous

1590–1600; < French < Arabic kuskus, kuskusū < Berber seksu

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Examples from the Web for couscous

A couple of years back, Jean-Yves Hepp was driving down the Champs-Élysées and dreaming of couscous.
QOOQ: A Tablet for the Messy Cook|Katie Baker|December 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Here were great copper cauldrons where the couscous was being prepared.
In the Land of Mosques & Minarets|Francis Miltoun
Couscous, kus′kus, n. an African dish of granulated flour steamed over broth.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)|Various
The Kabyles live well at all events, and their couscous is renowned throughout all Algeria.
In the Land of Mosques & Minarets|Francis Miltoun

When he had placed it on the ground, they served a couscous with this ox.
Moorish Literature|Anonymous
One day they brought to one of them a dish of couscous with meat.
Moorish Literature|Anonymous

British Dictionary definitions for couscous

couscous

/ (ˈkuːskuːs) /

noun

a type of semolina originating from North Africa, consisting of granules of crushed durum wheat

a spicy North African dish consisting of steamed semolina with meat, vegetables, or fruit C17: via French from Arabic kouskous, from kaskasa to pound until fine

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