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labnah

labnah is the alternative form of labneh.

Meaning of labneh

Noun

labneh (countable and uncountable, plural labnehs)

  1. Yogurt that has been strained to filter or remove the whey and thus has a consistency between that of yogurt and cheese.
    • And I can assure you, were he to encounter the entire crew of the aircraft carrier Enterprise, he’d serve them eggs sunny-side up, and labneh fresh from the bag.2009 May 6, Dwight Garner, “A Merchant of Trinkets and Memories”, in New York Times
    Synonyms:
    strained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese, Greek yogurt

Forms of labnah

plurallabnahs

Questions about labnah

What is labnah the alternative form of?
Labnah is the alternative form of labneh.

Words near labnah in the dictionary

  1. lablit
  2. lablits
  3. labmate
  4. labmates
  5. labna
  6. labnah
  7. labneh
  8. labnehs
  9. Labney
  10. Labo
  11. Labombard

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