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salatim

salatim noun: cold dishes served as a course in Israeli cuisine.

Noun

salatim pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Cold dishes served as a course in Israeli cuisine.
    • The custom of starting the meal with salatim originated with the Palestinians.2015, Michael Solomonov, Steven Cook, Zahav: A World of Israeli Cooking, page 78
    • It is the genuine cooking that you find all over Israel in both restaurants and homes — cooking that bursts with freshly ground spices and complex flavors, from char-edged kebabs to tahini-rich sauces, chewy grains, fresh herbs and rainbows of vegetable salatim, or small cold salads that are the...2015 October 6, Melissa Clark, “In ‘Zahav,’ Michael Solomonov Explores Israeli Food”, in New York Times

Origin of salatim

Borrowed from Hebrew סָלָטִים (salatím), plural of סָלָט (salát, “salad”).

Questions about salatim

What does salatim mean?
Salatim means cold dishes served as a course in Israeli cuisine.
What part of speech is salatim?
Salatim is a noun.

Words near salatim in the dictionary

  1. Salasars
  2. salasvirus
  3. salat
  4. salateen
  5. Salatiga
  6. salatim
  7. salatrim
  8. salatrims
  9. salats
  10. Salavat
  11. Salavey

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