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Falafel

/fəˈlæfəl/

A Middle Eastern food in the form of balls made from chickpeas and other ingredients. Often served in a pita.

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📖 Definitions of "Falafel"

noun

1
A Middle Eastern food in the form of balls made from chickpeas and other ingredients. Often served in a pita.
"There's a stall at the market that sells fantastic falafel."
2
A pita with falafel balls inside (like a sandwich or a wrap).
3
A single falafel ball.
"The stallholder puts salad into an open pita bread, followed by the four falafels, and then liberally covers them with hummus."

🔄 Synonyms of "Falafel"

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Word	Definition
felafelnoun	(less common) Alternative spelling of falafel. [(uncountable) A Middle Eastern food in the form of balls made from chickpeas or broad beans and other ingredients, often served in a pita.]

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Falafel"

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Word	Definition
felafelnoun	(less common) Alternative spelling of falafel. [(uncountable) A Middle Eastern food in the form of balls made from chickpeas or broad beans and other ingredients, often served in a pita.]
fawafflenoun	Falafel that has been pressed in a waffle iron into the form of a waffle.
pitanoun	A piece of pita bread; a flatbread pouch used for making sandwiches such as gyros or falafels.
fatayernoun	Savory pie sandwich famous in Arab and Middle Eastern countries that is stuffed with item(s) such as meat, cheese, spinach, halloumi, or labna.
aquafabanoun	(cooking, neologism) The liquid left over from boiling chickpeas or similar beans, or from a can of chickpeas.
fattoushnoun	A salad, from the Levant, made from toasted pitta bread with cucumber, tomato, mint etc.
fasouladanoun	Alternative form of fasolada. [A Greek, Mediterranean, and Cypriot soup of beans, olive oil, and vegetables.]
kaftanoun	Alternative spelling of kofta. [Any of various spicy meatball or meatloaf dishes of the Middle East, Caucasus, South Asia, and the Balkans.]
fatoushnoun	Alternative spelling of fattoush. [A salad, from the Levant, made from toasted pitta bread with cucumber, tomato, mint etc.]
kouftanoun	Alternative spelling of kofta. [Any of various spicy meatball or meatloaf dishes of the Middle East, Caucasus, South Asia, and the Balkans.]
foule mudammasnoun	Alternative form of ful medames. [An originally Egyptian/Sudanese dish of cooked, mashed fava beans served with oil and spices (and sometimes other ingredients such as diced cucumbers and tomatoes), commonly eaten as a breakfast food, now also popular in neighbouring countries.]
kuftanoun	Alternative spelling of kofta. [Any of various spicy meatball or meatloaf dishes of the Middle East, Caucasus, South Asia, and the Balkans.]
taboulinoun	Alternative spelling of tabbouleh. [A Levantine salad or meze generally consisting of bulgur wheat, chopped tomatoes, parsley, olive oil and lemon juice.]
fattouchnoun	A traditional Lebanese, Syrian, or Levantine fresh salad with crispy bread (typically, dried, toasted, grilled, or fried pita), usually with mint, parsley, and olive oil.
cecilnoun	A unisex given name from Latin.
phoulourienoun	Alternative spelling of pholourie. [A Caribbean snack of fried, spiced dough balls made of dhal, served with chutney.]
ful medamesnoun	An originally Egyptian/Sudanese dish of cooked, mashed fava beans served with oil and spices (and sometimes other ingredients such as diced cucumbers and tomatoes), commonly eaten as a breakfast food, now also popular in neighbouring countries.
pkailanoun	(rare) A Tunisian Jewish dish or condiment made from beans and spinach with seasonings.
koftenoun	Alternative spelling of kofta. [Any of various spicy meatball or meatloaf dishes of the Middle East, Caucasus, South Asia, and the Balkans.]
taboulehnoun	Alternative spelling of tabbouleh. [A Levantine salad or meze generally consisting of bulgur wheat, chopped tomatoes, parsley, olive oil and lemon juice.]