Garri

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A West African food made from fried mashed cassava tubers. uncountable

    "They cooked together, his mother stirring the soup, Obinze making the garri."

Example

More examples

"They cooked together, his mother stirring the soup, Obinze making the garri."

Etymology

From Yoruba gàrí, from Hausa gā̀rī.

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