curry
/ˈkɜri/
noun
- A dish of meat, vegetables, or fish cooked in a sauce flavored with spices, often served with rice.
- The restaurant serves a delicious lamb curry with fragrant basmati rice.
- We ordered chicken curry and naan bread for dinner.
- She learned to make a spicy vegetable curry from her grandmother.
- A spice mixture used to make curry dishes; curry powder.
- This recipe calls for two teaspoons of mild curry.
- Add a tablespoon of curry to the sauce for extra flavor.
- He bought a jar of Madras curry from the Indian grocery store.
verb
- To prepare or cook food with curry spices.
- He learned how to curry fish from a Thai cookbook.
- She likes to curry chicken with coconut milk and turmeric.
- We decided to curry the leftover vegetables for lunch.
- To groom a horse by brushing and cleaning its coat.
- The stable hand curried the horse before the morning ride.
- After the trail, they curried the horses to remove mud and sweat.
- She curried her pony until its coat shone.
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