toum

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noun

A garlic condiment common in the Levant, similar to aioli, made with garlic, salt, olive or vegetable oil, lemon juice, and sometimes mint.

OriginArabic ْتُوم →
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Meanings

nountoum (usually uncountable, plural toums)

plural toums

  1. uncountableusuallyA garlic condiment common in the Levant, similar to aioli, made with garlic, salt, olive or vegetable oil, lemon juice, and sometimes mint.

    […] the magical garlic foam served with these lamb chops. Sure, toum is wilful and unpredictable as well but, as with a favourite naughty child, you persist […]

    2015, Matt Preston, The Simple Secrets to Cooking Everything Better, Plum, →ISBN

Origin

  1. Arabicْتُوم“garlic”
  2. Englishtoum

From Levantine (and Egyptian) Arabic ْتُوم (tūm, “garlic”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

toum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toum

MLA

“toum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toum. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “toum,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toum.

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