pilau

or pi·law

[ pi-lahf, pee-lahf, pi-law, -lou, pee-law, -lou ]

/ pɪˈlɑf, ˈpi lɑf, pɪˈlɔ, -ˈlaʊ, ˈpi lɔ, -laʊ /

noun

pilaf.

Words nearby pilau

pilastrade, pilate, pilate, pontius, pilates, pilatus, pilau, pilch, pilchard, pilcomayo, pilcrow, pile

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Examples from the Web for pilau

At Pilau, they roasted the women and children in a heated oven.
Fox's Book of Martyrs|John Foxe
It was cooked in the native fashion, and consisted of pilau and the various other native dishes.
At the Court of the Amr|John Alfred Gray
Spanish rice calls for 2–3 cloves of garlic in addition to Pilau with six cups of water and one only of tomato.
The Laurel Health Cookery|Evora Bucknum Perkins
Ivan and his companions had not been long seated, when a smoking dish of pilau and other Turkish dainties were placed before them.
The Circassian Chief|W.H.G. Kingston

Oil and melted butter may be combined in equal quantities when the butter flavor is desirable, as in pilau and drawn butter.
The Laurel Health Cookery|Evora Bucknum Perkins

British Dictionary definitions for pilau

pilau

pilaf, pilaff (ˈpɪlæf), pilao (pɪˈlaʊ), pilaw (pɪˈlɔː) or pulao (pʊˈlaʊ)

/ (pɪˈlaʊ) /

noun

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

Word Origin for pilau

C17: from Turkish pilāw, from Persian

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