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appom

/ɑˈpɒm/

appom noun: a type of sweet fried flat bread made from rice flour.

Noun

appom (plural appoms)

  1. (Singapore) A type of sweet fried flat bread made from rice flour.
    • However, the Prata stall owners or the push-cart hawkers selling foodstuffs like thosai and appom were mainly Malabar Muslim immigrants from Edna village in Kerala.2011, Jayati Bhattacharya, Beyond the Myth: Indian Business Communities in Singapore, page 59

Forms of appom

pluralappoms

Origin of appom

From Tamil அப்பம் (appam).

Questions about appom

What does appom mean?
Appom means a type of sweet fried flat bread made from rice flour.
What part of speech is appom?
Appom is a noun.
How do you pronounce appom?
Appom is pronounced /ɑˈpɒm/.
What is the plural of appom?
The plural of appom is appoms.

Words near appom in the dictionary

  1. appointor
  2. appointors
  3. appoints
  4. Appollis
  5. Appolo
  6. appom
  7. Appomatox
  8. Appomattoc
  9. Appomattox
  10. Appomattox County
  11. appoms

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