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cataplana

cataplana noun: a metal clamshell cooking dish from Portugal, used to cook certain seafood. It can be sealed using a clamp on either side of the assembly.

cataplana: a metal clamshell cooking dish from Portugal, used to cook certain seafood. It can be sealed using...
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Noun

cataplana (plural cataplanas)

  1. A metal clamshell cooking dish from Portugal, used to cook certain seafood. It can be sealed using a clamp on either side of the assembly.
  2. Any food cooked or served in such a dish.

Forms of cataplana

pluralcataplanas

Origin of cataplana

Borrowed from Portuguese cataplana, of uncertain origin.

Questions about cataplana

What does cataplana mean?
Cataplana means a metal clamshell cooking dish from Portugal, used to cook certain seafood. It can be sealed using a clamp on either side of the assembly.
What part of speech is cataplana?
Cataplana is a noun.
What is the plural of cataplana?
The plural of cataplana is cataplanas.

Words near cataplana in the dictionary

  1. cataphyllaries
  2. cataphyllary
  3. cataphyllic
  4. cataphylls
  5. cataphysical
  6. cataplana
  7. cataplanas
  8. cataplasia
  9. cataplasis
  10. cataplasm
  11. cataplasms

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