Tajine is an English word. Below you'll find 2 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Tajine in a sentence
Tajine meaning
- An earthenware cooking pot of North African origin, consisting of a shallow, round dish without handles and a tall, conical or dome-shaped lid.
- A stew, originally from Morocco, the ingredients of which are traditionally cooked slowly in such a pot; the dish is normally served with couscous.
Using Tajine
- The main meaning on this page is: An earthenware cooking pot of North African origin, consisting of a shallow, round dish without handles and a tall, conical or dome-shaped lid. | A stew, originally from Morocco, the ingredients of which are traditionally cooked slowly in such a pot; the dish is normally served with couscous.
- In the example corpus, tajine often appears in combinations such as: tajine with.
Context around Tajine
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tajine
- In this selection, "tajine" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Recognizable usage signals include in a tajine with raisins and or a tajine with figs. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tajine" sits close to words such as aabb, aabria and aacha, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tajine
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Pair with lamb and mint sauce or a tajine with figs and oranges. (13 words)
Rabbit meat is also commonly used in Moroccan cuisine, where it is cooked in a tajine with "raisins and grilled almonds added a few minutes before serving". (27 words)
Rabbit meat is also commonly used in Moroccan cuisine, where it is cooked in a tajine with "raisins and grilled almonds added a few minutes before serving". (27 words)
Pair with lamb and mint sauce or a tajine with figs and oranges. (13 words)
Example sentences (2)
Pair with lamb and mint sauce or a tajine with figs and oranges.
Rabbit meat is also commonly used in Moroccan cuisine, where it is cooked in a tajine with "raisins and grilled almonds added a few minutes before serving".
Common combinations with tajine
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: