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chorkor

chorkor noun: an oven for smoking food, particularly fish, used in many African countries.

Noun

chorkor (plural chorkors)

  1. An oven for smoking food, particularly fish, used in many African countries.
    • The UNIFEM project sought to introduce chorkor fish-smoking ovens because they were more efficient than the existing methods used in Konakry.1994, Naila Kabeer, Reversed realities: Gender Hierarchies in Development Thought, page 273

Forms of chorkor

pluralchorkors

Questions about chorkor

What does chorkor mean?
Chorkor means an oven for smoking food, particularly fish, used in many African countries.
What part of speech is chorkor?
Chorkor is a noun.
What is the plural of chorkor?
The plural of chorkor is chorkors.

Words near chorkor in the dictionary

  1. chorizzo
  2. chorizzos
  3. chork
  4. chorkie
  5. chorkies
  6. chorkor
  7. chorkors
  8. chorks
  9. Chorley
  10. Chorley cake
  11. Chorley cakes

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