samosa

noun

sa·​mo·​sa sə-ˈmō-sə 

: a small triangular pastry filled with spiced meat or vegetables and fried in ghee or oil

Examples of samosa in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Raw eggs were stored over ready-to-eat milk products in a walk-in cooler, and there was raw gyro over ready-to-eat samosas in a two-door upright freezer. —Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 21 Mar. 2025

Start your meal with a samosa or chicken 65 appetizer, then peruse the extensive menu that includes clay oven barbecue namak mandi peshawar dishes, plus Indian dishes such as chicken tikka masala, aloo gobi and paneer tikka masala. —Alexandra Maloney, Charlotte Observer, 21 Mar. 2025

There were mini Scotch eggs for their new home in the UK; spicy samosas to represent their first trip together, to Fiji; bresaola with São Miguel cheese for their wedding location in the Azores; Girl Scout cookies from the US; and chocolate balls from Sweden, among others. —Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 May 2023

Pair with a beef and carrot stew or with vegetarian samosas. —Tom Mullen, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Hindi samosā & Urdu samosa, sambūsa, from Persian sambūsa

First Known Use

1932, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for samosa

• bullosa
• fibrosa
• mimosa
• mucosa
• mucosae
• nervosa
• nodosa
• pilosa
• rugosa
• serosa
• dolorosa
• mariposa