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tan·door·i

 (tän-do͝or′ē)
adj.
Cooked in a tandoor.

[Hindi and Urdu tandūrī, from tandūr, tandoor; see tandoor.]
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tandoori

(tænˈdʊərɪ)
n
(Cookery)
a. an Indian method of cooking meat or vegetables on a spit in a clay oven
b. (as modifier): tandoori chicken.
[from Urdu, from tandoor an oven]
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tan•door•i

(tɑnˈdʊər i)

adj.
1. baked or roasted in a tandoor: tandoori chicken.
n.
2. a pl. of tandoor.
[1965–70; < Hindi tandūrī]
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Translations

tandoori

[ˌtænˈdʊəri]
ntandoori m
a chicken tandoori → un poulet tandoori
adjtandoori
tandoori oven → four m tandoori
tandoori chicken → poulet m tandoori
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