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pillaf

pillaf is the alternative spelling of pilaf.

Meaning of pilaf

Noun

pilaf (countable and uncountable, plural pilafs)

  1. A dish made by browning grain, typically rice, in oil and then cooking it with a seasoned broth, to which meat and/or vegetables may be added.
    • My spirits rose as I passed among the tents and savored the aroma of steaming pots of pilaf and the long skewers of shashlyk roasting over the open fires.1952, Cothburn O’Neal, chapter 1, in Master of the World (Avon; N158), New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, published 1967, →OCLC, book 1, page 17

Forms of pillaf

pluralpillafs

Questions about pillaf

What is pillaf the alternative spelling of?
Pillaf is the alternative spelling of pilaf.

Words near pillaf in the dictionary

  1. pill-popper
  2. pill-poppers
  3. Pilla
  4. Pillado
  5. Pillados
  6. pillaf
  7. pillaff
  8. pillaffs
  9. pillafs
  10. pillage
  11. pillageable

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