baklava

Baklava

Part of speech: Noun

Source sentence: (64) In berkely, and only in berkely, my name drew people like flies to baklava.

Context clues: drew flies to baklava- this is because it gives it the idea that it's probably a type of food.

Definition: a Near Eastern pastry made of many layers of paper-thin dough with a filling of ground nuts, baked and then drenched in a syrup of honey and sometimes rosewater.


original sentence: I went to dinner at a friends house where they ate food from a different culture, after dinner baklava was served.

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