malai

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/məˈlaɪ/

noun

An Indian cream made by heating and then cooling non-homogenized whole milk and then skimming off the resulting fatty layer.

OriginHindi मलाई →
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Meanings

nounmalai (uncountable)
  1. uncountablecookingAn Indian cream made by heating and then cooling non-homogenized whole milk and then skimming off the resulting fatty layer.

    The milk had malai on top.

    2020, Avni Doshi, Burnt Sugar, Hamish Hamilton, page 109

Origin

  1. Hindiमलाई
  2. Englishmalai

Borrowed from Hindi मलाई (malāī).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

malialamiailamaAmaliimala
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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