Definitions for pilaf

pilaf pi·laf

Spelling: [pi-lahf, pee-lahf]
IPA: /pɪˈlɑf, ˈpi lɑf/

Pilaf is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 65 anagrams from letters in pilaf (afilp).

Definitions for pilaf

noun

  1. a Middle Eastern dish consisting of sautéed, seasoned rice steamed in bouillon, sometimes with poultry, meat or shellfish.
  2. rice cooked in a meat or poultry broth.

Origin of pilaf

1925-30; Turkish pilâv Persian pilāw

Examples for pilaf

When there is soup or soup stock on hand it can be well used in the pilaf.

So he did not take long to make up his mind, but sat down and consumed the pilaf to the very last morsel.

Kevork brought some sheep-tail grease in a bit of paper and I held my nose while I melted it and poured it into the pilaf.

pilaf, a dish very common in the Orient and well known in the United States, is of this character and easily made.

Osman and his mother ate the pilaf with their fingers, from the same dish.

But he did not want the bastinado again, and the pilaf pleasantly tickled his nostrils.

This was for their pilaf, the distribution of which was a complete scramble.

Word Value for pilaf
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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