Sambar Definition

sămbər, säm-
sambars
noun
sambars
A large Asian deer (Cervus unicolor) with coarse hair, a short, erectile mane, and three-pointed antlers.
Webster's New World

A food preparation common in southern India and Sri Lanka, made of lentils (usually red gram, also called toor dal) and vegetables in a spicy tamarind and lentil flour soup base.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • Cervus unicolor
  • sambur

Other Word Forms of Sambar

Noun

Singular:
sambar
Plural:
sambars

Origin of Sambar

  • Hindi sāmbar from Sanskrit śambaraḥ

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Sambar Sentence Examples

  • The former is imported in large quantities from the Sambar lake and Ramsur.

  • Possible wildlife sightings include sambar, porcupine, palm civet, small Indian civet and barking deer.

  • Sambar antler is strong and heavy, having very little pith, and can be worked more extensively than most others.

  • In the deer of the sambar group, where the antlers never advance beyond a three-tined type, the shedding is frequently, if not invariably, very irregular; but in the majority at least of the species with complex antlers the replacement is annual, the new appendages attaining their full development immediately before the pairing-season.

  • The largest and handsomest is the sambar of India (Cervus [Rosa] unicolor), characterized by its massive and rugged antlers.

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Words Starting With

SSASAM

Words Ending With

RARBAR

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