Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A thick paste made from ground sesame seeds.
Wiktionary
- n. A paste made from ground sesame seeds; used to make hummus, baba ghanoush etc.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a thick Middle Eastern paste made from ground sesame seeds
Etymologies
- From Arabic طحينية (ʈaħinīya), from Arabic root word طحن (ʈáħana), meaning "to grind", closely related to طحين (ʈaħīn), flour. (Wiktionary)
- Turkish tāhin, sesame flour or oil, from Arabic ṭaḥīna, from ṭaḥīn, flour, from ṭaḥana, to grind; see ṭḥn in Semitic roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The first of them – I suppose we could call it "tahini tracking" – is just a disturbing replay of a 60-year-old mistake.”
Is That Legal?: "Law Enforcement Is Looking Ahead to the Next Terror Attack with a Menu and a Map."
“Ginny took a bite of pita dipped in tahini, then said "Mmm, you have to try this.”
“BTW, tahini is available in Morelia at the health food store near INAMI and its branch on Av. Universidad.”
“Had some grilled beef/lamb in tahini sauce that I damn near licked the plate clean of.”
“Today sesame seeds are used for oil, candy, cake, flour and the sesame paste called tahini, which is sold as ajonjolí molido in the markets of Central Mexico.”
“Sesame seeds are made into the seasoned Middle Eastern paste called tahini, are added to rice balls and made into a tofu-like cake with arrowroot in Japan, and made into a sweet paste in China, as well as decorating a variety of baked goods in Europe and the United States.”
Simon & Schuster: On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen
“I love the idea of tahini paired with the dark chocolate and cherry.”
“(I found that my tahini was a little bitter and that the lemon was a bit much, so I added additional olive oil to tame both.)”
“Rather than using tahini, which is in effect sesame butter, I use peanut butter.”
“The primary ingredients in this confection are sesame seeds or sesame paste called tahini, sugar, glucose or honey, and egg white.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘tahini’.
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Additional 250 Spelling Words
Words for the diehard intermediate and advanced spellers
facetiae, sagittary, anthophilous, hydromancy, pandect, carillonneur, tabbouleh, litterateur, windgall, pinguid, tressure, moderne and 238 more...
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Of Arabic Origin
Arabic loanwords in English are words acquired directly from Arabic or else indirectly by passing from Arabic into other languages and then into English. Most entered one or more of the Romance lan...
admiral, adobe, albatross, alchemy, alcohol, alcove, alembic, alfalfa, algebra, algorism, algorithm, alidade and 181 more...
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vegan
vegan food list of basic vegan food or types of vegan food you've had and liked.
( food, cuisine, eating, health, vegan, vegetarian, animal rights, anti-cruelty, cruelty free, conscio...tofu, hummus, falafel, cookie, soy, nuts, fruit, burrito, veggie burger, soy cheese, rice, pasta and 57 more...
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Salad Dressings
ranch, thousand island, Italian, Dorothy Lynch, creamy Italian, garlic ranch, Balsamic Vinaigrette, house italian, Olive Oil Vinaigr..., Raspberry Hazelnu..., Red Wine Vinaigrette, goddess dressing and 27 more...
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Halva
"Halva (or halawa, xalwo, haleweh, ħelwa, halvah, halava, helava, helva, halwa, halua, aluva, chalva, chałwa, "حلاوة") refers to many types of dense, sweet confections, served across the Middle Eas...
halva, halawa, xalwo, haleweh, ħelwa, halvah, halava, helava, helva, halwa, halua, aluva and 21 more...
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Hummus
Ingredients, variations, folklore, things (and people) to eat it with, etc.
hommus, tahini, lemon juice, sweet paprika, hummus, celery stick, mushroom, bagel, ruzuzu, salt, olive, garlic and 41 more...
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Things people will tell you might be ...
Those sweet, salty, nutty, vegetably, yummy and/or hork-worthy spreadables or munchables that folks will convince you to try.
Marmite, Vegemite, vegemite, marmite, Bovril, bovril, nutella, Nutella, Cheez Whiz, cheez whiz, almond butter, cashew butter and 39 more...
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Groceries
strawberries, baby spinach, black beans, cinnamon, oranges, apples, fstg multigrain t..., olive oil, simply orange juice, tomato sauce, wholly guacamole, salt sense and 115 more...
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Gaw
Words for things both tangible and anthropic. I'm in the process of spinning off hardware into ute, and people into oofy.
cum-twang, naumachia, yngling, juggernaught, bliss ninny, iliac crest, moistened bint, slumlord, spondoolies, classy lady, charnel house, electrodoméstico and 334 more...
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Grounded Words
an Eckhartian exercise of grinding
grind, grist, refrain, ground, grit, mitochondrion, groats, grout, gruel, great, gruesome, gravel and 162 more...
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Words of the Day
glabella, chirotony, nook-shotten, crapehanger, filemot, swirlie, egosurf, lexiphanicism, Ruritanian, stichometry, chrononaut, faldstool and 2263 more...
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Food
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spaghetti, yogurt, muesli, rarebit, wheat, cream, cheese, pumpkin, custard, couscous, oats, sausage and 237 more...
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Exotic Tastes
Interesting words related to food, ingredients, dishes, cookery, cuisines and so on. Exotic in this case is entirely subjective, with funkelberries on top.
tatty, neep, flummery, babaganoush, tahini, samphire, loblolly, scrumpy, fressen, luwak, duxelle, edamame and 213 more...
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seanahan's Words
lacustrine, indubitably, masala, balustrade, arcane, gambit, bagatelle, demonstrative, epicaricacy, cacophony, archetype, picaresque and 418 more...
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Alphabet Soup
Food for the mind.
lychee, baklava, brine, garbanzo, chick pea, amuse-bouche, tahini, zymurgy, edamame, sauteed, hors d'oeuvres, crudités and 16 more...
Tweets
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yarb Offered along with chilli sauce by late-night kebab-vendors in the UK thus: chillitahiniiii? Jul 19, 2008
seanahan A paste made from ground sesame seeds, the main ingredient in hummus. Feb 20, 2007