Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A sort of vetch, Cytisus Cajan, extensively cultivated in the East Indies.
- n. A valley.
Wiktionary
- n. metrology Symbol for the decaliter (decalitre), an SI unit of fluid measure equal to 101 liters (litres).
- n. alternative spelling of dahl.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. East Indies Split pulse, esp. of Cajanus Indicus.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters
Examples
“Inspired by a recipe from a Sindhi Cookbook I recently added to my bookself, this dal is a delight to be cooked and relished over and over again.”
“The humble everyday dal is elevated to new levels of flavor with the addition of sliced raw mango, chilies and tempering, resulting in a Mango Dal, known more lyrically in Bengali as Tak er Dal or "dal which is a little sour in taste".”
“The word "dal" is written in english, hindi and marathi, the three languages I know and love.”
“The sign of a well cooked dal is if you see it is begining to crumble.”
“To check if dal is cooked pick a grain and press between thumb and forefinger.”
“Stir and let it simmer with lid on for a while till the moog dal is cooked all thru and looks fluffy.”
“Authentic Indian dal is made, as Barbara makes it, by cooking the lentils in fairly plain water and then adding the spiced and aromatic tarka to the lentils.”
“In fact, the word dal simply refers to the processing of the bean, “to split.””
“As you might have read on this blog how crazy my Koli's are about the fish curries and fries and how dal is made only on fasting days.”
“Check if dal is cooked by pressing one grain between fingers.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘dal’.
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Butter Beans and Snaps
List of as many pea and bean varieties as I can cook up - mostly common names.
field peas, butter beans, snap peas, lima beans, crowder peas, haricots verts, string bean, green bean, pole bean, navy bean, white acre peas, zipper pea and 186 more...
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phrontistery - d
from phrontistery.info
dacnomania, dacoitage, dacryops, dactylioglyph, dactyliology, dactyliomancy, dactylogram, dactylography, dactyloid, dactylology, dactylomancy, dactylomegaly and 624 more...
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food collection
bread, peel, pot, chorizo, Filet, olive, fill, Phyllo, dough, bake, mat, pinot and 988 more...
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3-letter Scrabble Words
aah, aal, aas, aba, abo, abs, aby, ace, act, add, ado, ads and 995 more...
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spoon
being items relating to food, cooking and the kitchen.
spoon, fork, beef, slice, dozen, eggs, simmer, broil, salad, soup, stock, lard and 287 more...
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Activated Phonemes
This list was generated by first taking a letter from the alphabet, or any of the initial cluster set of phonesthemes compiled by the ingenious Benjamin Shisler) and then sticking one of the suffix...
bing, ding, ging, jing, ling, ming, king, ping, ring, sing, ting, wing and 189 more...
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aliko's Turkish Words
egemen, tarih, defter, eskici, kitap, guguk, kulak, tosun, tarkan, kanat, kalp, kaftan and 26 more...
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Curry Zone
Culinary terms from Pakistan, Nepal, India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
korma, brinjal, vindaloo, chole, dal, pickle, aloo, biryani, hing, jeera, gram, masala and 63 more...
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Luggage Tags
Significant airport codes.
bwi, ord, dfw, dlh, atl, hnl, ind, jax, jfk, mci, lga, bos and 79 more...
Tweets
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john Also a delicious South Asian dish prepared from split beans. Also spelled dhal. Oct 21, 2008
lampbane Dallas Love Field. Oct 21, 2008