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papodum

papodum is the rare spelling of poppadom.

Meaning of poppadom

Noun

poppadom (plural poppadoms)

  1. A thin, crisp Indian food made from lentil flour, optionally spiced or flavoured in various ways and either grilled or deep-fried, which may be eaten on its own as a snack, with chutneys as a starter, or as an accompaniment to a meal.
    • Gerry ordered poppadoms and parathas and then he was interrupted by requests for vindaloos, chicken madrases and sag joshes, rice, raita and nan, from Priest, Morgan and Maria Grazia.2002, Desmond Barry, A Bloody Good Friday, page 157
    Synonyms:
    appalam

Forms of papodum

pluralpapodums

Questions about papodum

What is papodum the rare spelling of?
Papodum is the rare spelling of poppadom.

Words near papodum in the dictionary

  1. papizing
  2. Papke
  3. Papkes
  4. paplike
  5. Paplin
  6. papodum
  7. papodums
  8. papolater
  9. papolaters
  10. papolatrous
  11. papolatry

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Adapted from Wiktionary: papodum (page history and authors); poppadom (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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