tandoor
Example Sentences
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While the former was delicate and thin, the latter was a thick, puffy flatbread baked in a tandoor.
From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025
He installed just a few tables and a brilliantly hot well of a tandoor oven, which he learned to man in a sweaty process of trial and error.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 22, 2022
Uyghur poetry spelled out in Arabic letters is displayed in restaurants that serve hand-pulled noodles and samsa, lamb-filled buns baked in tandoor ovens.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2022
These floppy, lightly pickled onions are a traditional accompaniment to grilled and tandoor foods throughout India and the rest of South Asia.
From New York Times • Jul. 12, 2021
On it went, down the street, around the corner, in line at the tandoor.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
