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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Veeraswamy introduced the UK's first tandoor oven that decade - and a 1959 menu offers chicken tandoori for the equivalent of 52p in pre-decimal currency.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2026

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 • Dec. 22, 2022

Uyghur poetry spelled out in Arabic letters is displayed in restaurants that serve hand-pulled noodles and samsa, lamb-filled buns baked in tandoor ovens.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2022

These floppy, lightly pickled onions are a traditional accompaniment to grilled and tandoor foods throughout India and the rest of South Asia.

From New York Times • Jul. 12, 2021

We had a restaurant-grade tandoor oven in our own kitchen, which I’d leaned against as I watched my father prepare that night’s meal.

From "Confessions of a Murder Suspect" by James Patterson

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