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Definition of tandoori noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

tandoori

noun
 
/tænˈdʊəri/
 
/tɑːnˈdʊri/
[uncountable]
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  1. (often used as an adjective) a method of cooking meat on a long straight piece of metal (called a spit) in a clay oven called a tandoor
     
    /ˈtændʊə(r)/
     
    /tɑːnˈdʊr/
    , originally used in South Asia
    • tandoori chicken
    • a tandoori restaurant
    Word Originfrom Urdu and Persian tandūri, from tandūr, based on Arabic tannūr ‘oven’.
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