FALAFEL

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

falafel; felafel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

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)

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