falafel means A Middle Eastern food in the form of balls made from chickpeas or broad beans and other ingredients, often served in a pita. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 74 out of 100.
noun
- A Middle Eastern food in the form of balls made from chickpeas or broad beans and other ingredients, often served in a pita.“There's a stall at the market that sells fantastic falafel.”
- A pita with falafel balls as a filling.“I ate lafa — falafel with all the regular stuffings and sauces wrapped in a pizza size pita instead of being stuffed in it. Etai ordered a regular falafel. My lafiz was twice the size of his falafel and although neither of us could finish the lafiz, we embarked on it together.”
- A single falafel ball.“The stallholder puts salad into an open pita bread, followed by the four falafels, and then liberally covers them with hummus.”