Meaning & use
Pilaw
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A dish of seasoned rice, often cooked in broth with meat, vegetables, or spices.
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The chef served a fragrant lamb pilaw studded with dried apricots and almonds.
Every family in the region has its own recipe for pilaw passed down for generations.
A note on using this word
One of several spellings of the same dish, alongside 'pilaf' and 'pilau'; the word traces back through Turkish to Persian origins.
Words with a similar meaning
pilafpilau
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