See Also: riddle 1, noun(dictionary)
riddle(encyclopedia)
riddle(4)(dictionary)
riddle(3)(dictionary)
riddle(2)(dictionary)
riddle(1)(dictionary)
riddle 2, verb(dictionary)
Riddle Memorial Foundation Inc(health)
try 2, noun(dictionary)
kit 1, noun(dictionary)

tandoor (iou) and riddle 1, noun (oh)


tandoor (iou)



tandoor noun. Also (in sense 1 usu.) tandour; (earlier) tendoor & Other vars. M17.
[Sense 1 from French tandour from Turkish tandr var. of Persian, Arab. tannur oven, furnace; sense 2 from Urdu, tandur, Persian tanur ult. from Arab. tannur. Cf. ATHANOR.]
A square table with a brazier under it, round which people sit for warmth in cold weather in Persia, Turkey, and adjacent countries. Now rare. M17.
A clay oven of a kind used orig. in northern India and Pakistan; a shop selling Food cooked in such an oven. M19.

riddle 1, noun (oh)



[Language: Old English; Origin: rAdelse 'opinion, guess, riddle']
a question that is deliberately very confusing and has a humorous or clever answer
-see also puzzle puzzle
::See if you can solve this riddle .
something that you do not understand and cannot explain
-synonym puzzle puzzle, mystery mystery riddle of
::The police have been unable to solve the riddle of her disappearance.
talk/speak in riddles
to say things in a mysterious way that Other people cannot understand
::Stop talking in riddles and explain what's going on!
a wire container with holes in it that is used to separate earth from stones