Dictionary.com

lavash

[ luh-vahsh, -vash ]
/ ləˈvɑʃ, -ˈvæʃ /

noun

a large, unleavened flatbread from Armenia.

QUIZZES

BECOME A PRO CHEF WITH THIS EXQUISITE CUISINE QUIZ!

Even if you can't be a professional chef, you can at least talk like one with this vocabulary quiz.
Question 1 of 9
You may have read the word "simmer" in a recipe or two, but what does it really mean?
To cook in water that begins cold and then reaches a boil.
To stew in a sauce for a long time.
To cook in water, just below boiling temperature.
TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Origin of lavash

First recorded in 1660–70; from Middle Armenian lawaš, Ottoman Turkish lavāš, from Persian lavāš; further origin uncertain

Words nearby lavash

lavaliere microphone, Lavalleja, La Vallière, lavandin, lavaret, lavash, Lavater, lavatera, lavation, lavatorial, lavatory
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for lavash

  • Having eaten the rice, each one ate a lavash too and all were perfectly satisfied, but there yet remained some rice and lavashees.

    Caucasian Legends|A. Goulbat