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  • noun Alternative spelling of hummus.

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Examples

  • This is a smooth and fragrant dip, an unusual twist on houmus that is a perfect partner for fried chorizo on cocktail sticks.

    Evening Standard - Home 2012

  • You expect to find standard fare in places labelled "Persian" - a homogenous Middle Eastern style of cooking that involves houmus, kebabs and tabbouleh.

    Evening Standard - Home 2011

  • Lunches consisted of high pH-friendly houmus, alfalfa-based salads or pea soup, while afternoon snacks were crunchy mangetout or almonds.

    Evening Standard - Home Victoria Stewart 2011

  • This is a smooth and fragrant dip, an unusual twist on houmus that is a perfect partner for fried chorizo on cocktail sticks.

    Evening Standard - Home 2012

  • The Basingstoke College of Technology nursery was giving children insufficient carbohydrate but has changed its snacks to fruit or carrot sticks plus crackers, bread sticks, toast, oatcakes, scones, flapjacks, cheese cubes, houmus or fromage frais.

    Top stories from Times Online 2010

  • The Basingstoke College of Technology nursery was giving children insufficient carbohydrate but has changed its snacks to fruit or carrot sticks plus crackers, bread sticks, toast, oatcakes, scones, flapjacks, cheese cubes, houmus or fromage frais.

    Top stories from Times Online 2010

  • The Basingstoke College of Technology nursery was giving children insufficient carbohydrate but has changed its snacks to fruit or carrot sticks plus crackers, bread sticks, toast, oatcakes, scones, flapjacks, cheese cubes, houmus or fromage frais.

    Top stories from Times Online 2010

  • The Basingstoke College of Technology nursery was giving children insufficient carbohydrate but has changed its snacks to fruit or carrot sticks plus crackers, bread sticks, toast, oatcakes, scones, flapjacks, cheese cubes, houmus or fromage frais.

    Top stories from Times Online 2010

  • The Basingstoke College of Technology nursery was giving children insufficient carbohydrate but has changed its snacks to fruit or carrot sticks plus crackers, bread sticks, toast, oatcakes, scones, flapjacks, cheese cubes, houmus or fromage frais.

    Top stories from Times Online 2010

  • The Basingstoke College of Technology nursery was giving children insufficient carbohydrate but has changed its snacks to fruit or carrot sticks plus crackers, bread sticks, toast, oatcakes, scones, flapjacks, cheese cubes, houmus or fromage frais.

    Top stories from Times Online 2010

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