caraway
/ˈkæɹəˌweɪ/US/ˈkæɹəˌweɪ/
caraway noun: a biennial plant of species Carum carvi, native to Europe and Asia, mainly grown for its seed to be used as a culinary spice.
Noun
caraway (countable and uncountable, plural caraways)
- A biennial plant of species Carum carvi, native to Europe and Asia, mainly grown for its seed to be used as a culinary spice.
- Caraway has a reputed aphrodisiac virtue. It is frequently mentioned in Oriental love manuals.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 56
- "I'll be sure to move aside," replied Sancho, "but may it please God," he continued, "that it turns out to be oregano and not fulling hammers."² [...]
2. Sancho is citing part of a proverb—"May it please God that this is oregano and not caraway"—which warns against fool's gold (oregano was...Part 1 published in 1605, Part 2 in 1615, translated in 2003, Miguel de Cervantes and translated by Edith Grossman, Don Quixote, page 153
- The seed-like fruit of the caraway plant.
- A cake or sweetmeat containing caraway seeds.
- I'll eat her marchpane and her caraways1897, Imogen Clark, Will Shakespeare's Little Lad
- the housewife of today can surely match the skill of those of three centuries ago and make "caraways” or cheesecakes1916, The Country Gentleman
Proper noun capitalized: Caraway
Caraway (plural Caraways)
- A surname.
caraway meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Telugu
caraway in Hindi
- plant
- विलायती जीरा vilāytī jīrā
- seed/fruit
- शाहजीरा śāhjīrā
caraway in Tamil
- சீமைச்சோம்பு, சீமைச்சீரகம்
caraway in Marathi
- caraway
- शहाजिरे śahājire
caraway in Telugu
- seed/fruit
- కారవి kāravi
More languagesFewer languages
- caraway in Malayalam
- കരിഞ്ചീരകം kariñcīrakaṁ
- caraway in Punjabi
- ਜੀਰਾ jīrā
- caraway in Gujarati
- વિલાયતી જીરું vilāyatī jīrũ
- caraway in Arabic
- كَرَاوِيَا karāwiyā, كَرَوْيَاء karawyāʔ
- caraway in Malay
- jintan
- caraway in Indonesian
- jintan
- caraway in Persian
- زیره سیاه zire siyâh, کراویا karâviyâ
Synonyms of caraway
Forms of caraway
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | caraways |
| alternative form (obsolete) | carraway |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Caraways |
Origin of caraway
From Middle English caraway, carewey, carwey, from Medieval Latin carui, from Arabic كَرَاوِيَا (karāwiyā), via Aramaic from Ancient Greek καρώ (karṓ), κάρον (káron, “caraway”).
From the Middle English occupational surname, probably for a spice merchant, related to caraway.
Words formed from caraway
Phrases with caraway
Questions about caraway
- What does caraway mean?
- Caraway means a biennial plant of species Carum carvi, native to Europe and Asia, mainly grown for its seed to be used as a culinary spice.
- What is caraway in Hindi?
- Caraway in Hindi is विलायती जीरा (vilāytī jīrā), शाहजीरा (śāhjīrā). See Caraway meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is caraway?
- Caraway can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce caraway?
- Caraway is pronounced /ˈkæɹəˌweɪ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of caraway?
- The plural of caraway is caraways.
Words near caraway in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: caraway (page history and authors); Caraway (page history and authors); caraway (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); शहाजिरे (Marathi) (page history and authors); കരിഞ്ചീരകം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ਜੀਰਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); વિલાયતી જીરું (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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