curry
Curry powder.
Noun 1 meaning
Curry powder.
Verb 4 meanings
To cook or season with curry powder.
To groom (a horse); to dress or rub down a horse with a curry comb.
To dress (leather) after it is tanned by beating, rubbing, scraping and colouring.
To beat, thrash; to drub.
Etymology
1747 (as currey, first published recipe for the dish in English), from Tamil கறி (kaṟi), influenced by existing Middle English cury (“cooking”), from Middle French cuyre (“to cook”) (whence also cuisine), from Vulgar Latin cocere, from Latin coquere.
CURRY at a glance
CURRY has 5 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (C 3 + U 1 + R 1 + R 1 + Y 4) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,435 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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