Food / B1

KUR-ee/ˈkʌri/

A curry is a dish of meat or vegetables in a spiced sauce, common in British canteens. A stew is usually less spiced; chilli as a pepper is an ingredient, not the whole dish. Canteens: Friday curry still needs the allergen card.

Meaning

A dish of meat or vegetables in a spiced sauce, common in British canteens.

Examples

• “Friday curry in the canteen still needs the allergen card on the sneeze screen.”
• “A curry house on the high street is a restaurant, not a school kitchen.”

Good to know

a curry; curry sauce (often uncountable). Food / allergens / high street. Countable dishes. Mix-up: a currier is not a word for a cook.

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