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gari

gari is the alternative form of garri.

Meaning of garri

Noun

garri (uncountable)

  1. A West African food made from fried mashed cassava tubers.
    • They cooked together, his mother stirring the soup, Obinze making the garri.2013, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah, Anchor Books (2014), page 84

Noun

gari (uncountable)

  1. Thinly sliced marinated ginger served as a condiment with sushi.

Origin of gari

From Japanese ガリ.

Phrases with gari

Questions about gari

What does gari mean?
Gari means thinly sliced marinated ginger served as a condiment with sushi.
What is gari the alternative form of?
Gari is the alternative form of garri.
What part of speech is gari?
Gari is a noun.

Words near gari in the dictionary

  1. Garhjat
  2. Garhwa
  3. Garhwal
  4. Garhwal Division
  5. Garhwali
  6. gari
  7. Gariaband
  8. garial
  9. garials
  10. Garian
  11. Garibald

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gari (page history and authors); garri (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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