FALAFEL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does falafel mean? 

• FALAFEL (noun)
  The noun FALAFEL has 1 sense:

1. small croquette of mashed chick peas or fava beans seasoned with sesame seeds

  Familiarity information: FALAFEL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FALAFEL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small croquette of mashed chick peas or fava beans seasoned with sesame seeds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

falafel; felafel

Hypernyms ("falafel" is a kind of...):

dish (a particular item of prepared food)

Domain region:

Middle East; Mideast; Near East (the area around the eastern Mediterranean; from Turkey to northern Africa and eastward to Iran; the site of such ancient civilizations as Phoenicia and Babylon and Egypt and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and Islam; had continuous economic and political turmoil in the 20th century)