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tapioca

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tap·i·o·ca  (tp-k)
n.
A beady starch obtained from the root of the cassava, used for puddings and as a thickening agent in cooking.

[Portuguese, from Tupi typióca : ty, juice + pyá, heart + oca, to remove.]

tapioca [ˌtæpɪˈəʊkə]
n
(Cookery) a beadlike starch obtained from cassava root, used in cooking as a thickening agent, esp in puddings
[via Portuguese from Tupi tipioca pressed-out juice, from tipi residue + ok to squeeze out]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.tapiocatapioca - granular preparation of cassava starch used to thicken especially puddings
food product, foodstuff - a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food
cassava, manioc - cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca
cassava, cassava starch, manioc, manioca - a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics
Translations
tapioca [ˌtæpɪˈəʊkə]
A. Ntapioca f
B. CPD tapioca pudding Npostre m de tapioca

tapioca [ˌtæpiˈəʊkə] ntapioca m

tapioca
nTapioka f

tapioca [ˌtæpɪˈəʊkə] ntapioca
tapioca [ˌtæpɪˈəʊkə] ntapioca

tapioca
n tapioca [tӕpiˈəukə]
a type of food obtained from the underground part of the cassava plant. tapioka تابيوكا: مُسْتَحْضَر نَشَوي لِصُنْع الحَلْوى гранулирано нишесте от касава tapioka tapioka die Mamiokawurzel ταπιόκα tapioca tapiokk تاپیوکا tapioka tapioca טַפּיוֹקָה कसावा tapioka tápióka tepung singkong, tapioka tapíókamjöl tapioca タピオカ (cassava 뿌리로 만든 식용 전분) 타피오카 tapijoka tapioka ubi kayu tapioca tapioka(gryn) tapioka tapioca tapioca тапиока tapioka tapioka tapioka tapioka แป้งมันสำปะหลัง topyoka 木薯澱粉 маніок ايک درخت جس سے سوجي نکالي جاتي ہے bột sắn hột 淀粉


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Dobbin went to seek John Sedley at his house of call in the City, the Tapioca Coffee-house, where, since his own offices were shut up, and fate had overtaken him, the poor broken- down old gentleman used to betake himself daily, and write letters and receive them, and tie them up into mysterious bundles, several of which he carried in the flaps of his coat.
It seemed that she had been straining tapioca in a little stream which flowed out of the jungle at the rear of the long-house when her attention was attracted by the crashing of an animal through the bushes a few yards above her.
She looked so like her mother, as she sat there oblivious of the tapioca, that Cassandra was startled into exclaiming:
 
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