couscous
(noun) a pasta made in northern Africa of crushed and steamed semolina
couscous
(noun) a spicy dish that originated in northern Africa; consists of pasta steamed with a meat and vegetable stew
Source: WordNet® 3.1
couscous (countable and uncountable, plural couscouses)
A pasta of North African origin made of crushed and steamed semolina.
Source: Wiktionary
Cous"cous` (ks"ks`), n.
Definition: A kind of food used by the natives of Western Africa, made of millet flour with flesh, and leaves of the baobab; -- called also lalo.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 November 2024
(adjective) causing or able to cause nausea; “a nauseating smell”; “nauseous offal”; “a sickening stench”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
