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PILAW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pilaw mean? 

PILAW (noun)
  The noun PILAW has 1 sense:

1. rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoesplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


PILAW (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

pilaf; pilaff; pilau; pilaw

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

dish (a particular item of prepared food)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pilaw"):

bulgur pilaf (pilaf made with bulgur wheat instead of rice and usually without meat)


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