tandoor

noun

tan·​door tän-ˈdu̇r 

: a cylindrical clay oven in which food is cooked over charcoal

Examples of tandoor in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Cooking Bulgogi-Style Tofu July 10, 2022 Tuesday Zaynab Issa brought us a terrific new recipe for malai chicken, a warmly spiced and yogurt-marinated dinner that’s traditionally cooked in a tandoor or served as a curry. —Sam Sifton, New York Times, 4 May 2025

The menu offers beef, lamb and chicken dishes such as a layered tandoor samsa – tender chunks of beef marinated in aromatic spices and cooked in a traditional tandoor oven – and lamb plov, which is savory lamb cooked with aromatic spices and tender rice. —Alexandra Maloney, Charlotte Observer, 21 Mar. 2025

Sameer Farooq’s Flatbread Library, a large-scale sculpture of baked goods made in tandoors by Toronto’s south and southwest Asian bakeries, neatly visualizes food migration. —Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 22 Oct. 2024

Plus, the paprika lends a red hue reminiscent of cooking in a tandoor. —The Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appétit, 10 Sep. 2024

Word History

Etymology

Hindi & Urdu tandūr, tannūr, from Persian tanūr, from Arabic tannūr

First Known Use

1840, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for tandoor

• abhor
• abor
• adore
• afore
• ardour
• ashore
• backdoor
• before
• bookstore
• candour
• centaur
• claymore