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tarator

tarator noun: a nut- or tahini- based sauce made with lemon juice and garlic that is found in Middle Eastern cuisine.

Noun

tarator (uncountable)

  1. A nut- or tahini- based sauce made with lemon juice and garlic that is found in Middle Eastern cuisine
  2. A cold summer soup, usually consisting of yoghurt, oil, water and various vegetables such as cucumber and garlic, popular in the Balkans.

Origin of tarator

From Turkish tarator, from Ottoman Turkish تراتور (tarator, terator). See it for more.

Questions about tarator

What does tarator mean?
Tarator means a nut- or tahini- based sauce made with lemon juice and garlic that is found in Middle Eastern cuisine.
What part of speech is tarator?
Tarator is a noun.

Words near tarator in the dictionary

  1. tarasques
  2. tarata
  3. taratantara
  4. taratantaras
  5. taratas
  6. tarator
  7. Taratsas
  8. Taravella
  9. Taravellas
  10. Tarawa
  11. Tarawan

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