filafel

Noun

falafel (countable and uncountable, plural falafels or falafel)

1. (uncountable) A Middle Eastern food in the form of balls made from chickpeas or broad beans and other ingredients, often served in a pita.
   • There's a stall at the market that sells fantastic falafel.
2. (countable) A pita with falafel balls as a filling.
   • I ate lafa — falafel with all the regular stuffings and sauces wrapped in a pizza size pita instead of being stuffed in it. Etai ordered a regular falafel. My lafiz was twice the size of his falafel and although neither of us could finish the lafiz, we embarked on it together.2003, Holly M. Moskowitz, Finding Falafel, page 58
3. (countable) A single falafel ball.
   • The stallholder puts salad into an open pita bread, followed by the four falafels, and then liberally covers them with hummus.