Synonyms

tandoor

American

[tahn-door] / tɑnˈdʊər /

noun

Indian Cooking.

plural

tandoors, tandoori

a cylindrical clay oven, fired to a high heat by wood or charcoal, in which foods, especially meats, are cooked and bread is baked.

Etymology

Origin of tandoor

1655–65; < Hindi, Urdu tandūr < Persian tanūr

Example Sentences

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While the former was delicate and thin, the latter was a thick, puffy flatbread baked in a tandoor.

From BBC

In the Tarim Basin, the sand could cook bread faster than a tandoor oven.

From Literature

Before the crackdown started, the Afghan ran a tandoor business.

From Seattle Times

He installed just a few tables and a brilliantly hot well of a tandoor oven, which he learned to man in a sweaty process of trial and error.

From Seattle Times

It is not a restaurant but a tandoor, a large oven made of clay, the 34-year-old Sufi tells people.

From Seattle Times

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