COUSCOUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does couscous mean? 

• COUSCOUS (noun)
  The noun COUSCOUS has 2 senses:

1. a spicy dish that originated in northern Africa; consists of pasta steamed with a meat and vegetable stew

2. a pasta made in northern Africa of crushed and steamed semolina

  Familiarity information: COUSCOUS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COUSCOUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A spicy dish that originated in northern Africa; consists of pasta steamed with a meat and vegetable stew

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("couscous" is a kind of...):

dish (a particular item of prepared food)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A pasta made in northern Africa of crushed and steamed semolina

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("couscous" is a kind of...):

alimentary paste; pasta (shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg)