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chounk

chounk is the alternative form of chaunk.

Meaning of chaunk

Noun

chaunk (uncountable)

  1. A garnish made by frying mustard seed, asafoetida, and other whole spices in oil or ghee to release the flavours. Can be added to soups, curries, etc., at the end of cooking.

Questions about chounk

What is chounk the alternative form of?
Chounk is the alternative form of chaunk.

Words near chounk in the dictionary

  1. choultery
  2. choultries
  3. choultry
  4. choumoellier
  5. chounce
  6. chounk
  7. chounse
  8. choupic
  9. choupics
  10. choupique
  11. choupiques

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chounk (page history and authors); chaunk (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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