Meaning & use
Pilau
Last updated
A dish of spiced rice, often cooked with meat, vegetables, or dried fruit, common in South Asian, Middle Eastern, and Central Asian cuisines.
See it in a sentence
The restaurant served a fragrant lamb pilau topped with toasted almonds.
She prepared a vegetable pilau for the dinner party.
A note on using this word
Also spelled 'pilaf' or 'pulao' depending on the region and language of origin.
Words with a similar meaning
pilafpulao
Choose a synonym to suit the sentence. Meanings can overlap without being identical.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “Pilau”, then compare your use with the examples above.
Your draft stays on this page and is not sent anywhere.