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FALAFEL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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)