nan bread

naan

/ (nɑːn) /

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noun

(in Indian cookery) a slightly leavened bread in a large flat leaf shape

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Word Origin for nan bread

from Hindi

Words nearby nan bread

Nanaimo bar, Nanak, nana nap, Nana Sahib, Nanay, nan bread, nance, Nanchang, Nan-ching, Nanchong, Nancy

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How to use nan bread in a sentence

The tasteless bread was transformed into a sweet cake that included ingredients, such as dried fruit and marzipan.
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Against this backdrop, Paul breaking bread with Sharpton may be too much for Republican primary voters to watch or stomach.
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“Ovens using gas cylinders were set up to make bread under bridges, and nursing stations appeared, offering medicines,” he writes.
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For example, Kuwait recently put a limit the allowable amount of sodium in bread to lower blood pressure.
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“I knew Boyfriend would never really have its chance unless it became my bread-and-butter,” she says.
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I tell you, madam, most distinctly and emphatically, that it is bread pudding and the meanest kind at that.'
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In Tiefurt we partook of a magnificent collation consisting of a mug of beer, brown bread and sausage!
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Death comes in, the bread at the feast turns black, the hound falls down—and so on.
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He watched the man put some bread and milk in a tin pan, and set it down on the floor of the basket.
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