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Meaning of bulgur | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/ˈbʌlɡə(ɹ)/

Definitions

Wheat grains that have been steamed, dried, and crushed; a staple of Middle Eastern cooking.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية برغل
Español bulgur burghul
Français boulghour boulgour
Polski bulgur
Português bulgur burghul triguilho
Русский булгу́р
Türkçe bulgur

Examples

“Before man baked bread, he made bulgur by parboiling wheat and spreading it out in the sun to dry. […] Every household in the Near East prepared a year's store of bulgur in the fall after the wheat harvest.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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