Associations to the word «Tandoor»

Wiktionary

TANDOOR, noun. A cylindrical clay oven used, in the cuisine of the Caucasus, Middle East, and Indian Subcontinent, to make flat bread, or to cook meat.

Dictionary definition

TANDOOR, noun. A clay oven used in northern India and Pakistan.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats