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Meaning of "lekvar" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LEKVAR

lekvar  [ˈlekˌvɑː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LEKVAR

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adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lekvar is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LEKVAR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

lekvar

Lekvar

Lekvár is a thick jam or fruit butter of Central and Eastern European origin. Lekvár is a very thick, sometimes coarse jam of pure ripe fruit. Lekvár is usually made of fruits like apricot, peach, strawberry, plum, prune, raspberry, cherry or sour cherry, but apples, and less usually, green whole walnuts, muscadine grapes or figs may also be used. Lekvar is used in filling palacsinta pancakes, pastries like Buchteln, kifli, or strudel and other sweet yeast breads, pastries, cookies, and pierogi, as a spread on toast or biscuits, and in fruit sauces. In Jewish communities, lekvar is a common filling for hamentashen.

Definition of lekvar in the English dictionary

The definition of lekvar in the dictionary is a sweet purée, usually made from prunes or apricots, used chiefly as a pie filling.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LEKVAR


Avar
ˈeɪvɑː
baclava
ˈbɑːkləˌvɑː
baklava
ˈbɑːkləˌvɑː
Bolivar
ˈbɒlɪˌvɑː
boulevard
ˈbuːlvɑː
cultivar
ˈkʌltɪˌvɑː
halva
ˈhælvɑː
halvah
ˈhæləvɑː
Invar
ɪnˈvɑː
Kosova
ˈkɒsəʊvɑː
Kosovar
ˈkɒsəˌvɑː
louvar
ˈluːvɑː
navar
ˈnævɑː
Navarre
nəˈvɑː
samovar
ˈsæməˌvɑː
septleva
ˈsɛtləvɑː
serovar
ˈsɪərəˌvɑː
sheva
ʃəˈvɑː
tava
təˈvɑː
var
vɑː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LEKVAR

leisurely
leisurewear
Leith
leitmotif
Leitrim
Leix
Leizhou Peninsula
lek
lekgotla
lekker
lekythos
Lely
LEM
Lemalu
leman
Lemberg
lemel
Lemessus
lemma
lemmata

WORDS THAT END LIKE LEKVAR

Amritsar
appear
ar
avatar
bar
bear
calendar
car
clear
dear
dollar
ear
familiar
far
fear
gear
Gibraltar
guitar
hear
vulvar

Synonyms and antonyms of lekvar in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «lekvar» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LEKVAR

Find out the translation of lekvar to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of lekvar from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lekvar» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

lekvar
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lekvar
570 millions of speakers

English

lekvar
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

lekvar
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

lekvar
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

lekvar
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lekvar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

lekvar
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lekvar
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lekvar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

lekvar
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

プルーンのジャム
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

lekvar
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lekvar
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lekvar
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

lekvar
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लेक्वर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

lekvar
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lekvar
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

lekvar
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

lekvar
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lekvar
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

lekvar
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lekvar
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lekvar
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lekvar
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lekvar

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LEKVAR»

The term «lekvar» is normally little used and occupies the 141.900 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LEKVAR» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lekvar

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LEKVAR»

Discover the use of lekvar in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lekvar and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Encyclopedia of Jewish Food
Among the Czechs, medicinal pastes became known as lektvar, and even farther south, around the seventeenth century, the Slovaks transformed this term to lekvar and used it to refer to various fruit butters. Hungarians followed suit, calling  ...
Gil Marks, 2010
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New York Magazine
Sabatier knives, baking utensils, Le Creuset cookware, cookbooks, kitchen gadgets, and things to nosh will all be 20 percent off: American Express, Master Charge, Visa accepted; no checks; all sales final. H. Roth & Son (Lekvar by the Barrel), ...
3
The Pie and Pastry Bible
APRICOT LEKVAR his lilting apricot filling is thicker and more flavorful than strained preserves. It is especially useful for Danish and Un-Rugelach (page 138 ), as it does not leak out of the dough during baking. For many years, H. Roth ( Lekvar ...
Rose Levy Beranbaum, 2009
4
1,000 Vegetarian Recipes
Prune Butter (Lekvar) lil Makes: 1% cups In many Eastern European stores, you can buy this prepared "by the barrel"— scooped out ofa barrel. It's also sold as pie filling by Solo. Lekvar is a popular cookie filling for such treats as Hamantashen ...
Carol Gelles, 2011
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New York Magazine
The lekvar, usually $1.59 a lb., is now 98 cents, and the sweet paprika, usually 95 cents for 1/4 lb., is now 49 cents. Also, the Hobart Kitch- enaid K5A stand mixer, usually $210, is now $163.95; the Braun KSM1 coffee mill, usually $26.95, ...
6
Mom's Big Book of Cookies: 200 Family Favorites You'll Love ...
200 Family Favorites You'll Love Making and Your Kids Will Love Eating Lauren Chattman. These traditional Purim treats are supposed to resemble the tricornered hat of the villain Haman. Canned lekvar (sweetened prune puree) and poppy ...
Lauren Chattman, 2006
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New York Magazine
Paprikas Weiss Importers (1546 Second Avenue, 288-6117), a block south of Kelemen's store, is the last of the large Hungarian-food specialty stores; its archrival, H. Roth, also known as "Lekvar-by- the-Barrel," closed a year ago. Ed Weiss ...
8
Simply Sensational Cookies
~\T ~\T 6K NNY-_\_\_\ Healthful yet appealing. large eggs, at room temperature and beaten with a fork cup corn oil, canola oil, or other flavorless vegetable oil cup clover honey or other mildflavored honey cup lekvar (prune filling) or one ...
Nancy Baggett, 2012
9
Life Reclaimed: Rural Transylvania, Nazi Camps, and the ...
I particularly liked her plum marmalade, or lekvar. To make lekvar, she boiled pitted fresh plums in a huge, unique five- to ten-gallon copper kettle. The kettle rested on a wood fire submerged in a hole in the ground dug outside the kitchen  ...
Paul N. Frenkel, 2013
10
Culinary Nutrition: The Science and Practice of Healthy Cooking
Another name for prune butter is lekvar. Lekvar is a very thick, jamlike puree of prunes (also known as dried plums) that is used to fill pastries, cookies and pierogies (Slavic dumplings). Lekvar is of East European origin and dates back before ...
Jacqueline B. Marcus, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LEKVAR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lekvar is used in the context of the following news items.
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Kiffle Kitchen to be featured today on QVC
The shop produces about 10,000 hand-rolled kiffles daily, stuffed with flavors like lekvar (prune), apricot, raspberry and walnut. Around the ... «lehighvalleylive.com, Mar 15»
2
Confronting Borders Old and New: An Interview With Josef Koudelka
Long, dimly lit evenings, extended family in loud conversation around too-small tables, fiery home-brewed Schnapps and sweet Lekvar cookies ... «Huffington Post, Mar 15»
3
Our Social Networks
... Hill Street, raisin/white bread, Paska size/$8, and kolachi (nut, poppyseed, lekvar, apricot)/$10; 570-876-0730, 570-876-3576, 570-876-0391, ... «Scranton Times-Tribune, Mar 15»
4
Fish Fry Fridays during Lent
Harriet Ainbinder said she found the Simon Fischer brand of lekvar at ShopRite on U.S. 202 - marked "Lekvar, Prune Butter" - in the aisle with ... «The News Journal, Feb 15»
5
Purim: That holiday of spunky cheer
Poppy seed (muhn) is an Eastern European favorite, as is prune (lekvar). I like the two combined, sweet and crunchy together, but my kids ... «Philly.com, Feb 15»
6
Reader mail: Hockessin eats and kiffles
I always made the apricot and lekvar (our favorite). I used to buy the lekvar at a little shop in Trenton, New Jersey, and would make the trip from ... «The News Journal, Feb 15»
7
Kiedrowski's Bakery relies on family, vodka and the paczki dance to …
... dough balls with four traditional Polish flavors -- rose, poppyseed, lekvar (prune) and apricot -- before tossing them in confectioners sugar. «cleveland.com, Feb 15»
8
Candy, cake and cookies are today's hot topics
Kiffles are Hungarian holiday cookies filled with fruit preserves such as apricot, cherry or prune (known as lekvar). Kiffles are very popular in the ... «The News Journal, Feb 15»
9
Reader Mail: A kerfuffle over finding a kiffle
Kiffles are traditional Hungarian holiday cookies filled with fruit preserves such as apricot, cherry or prune (known as lekvar). Ground walnuts ... «The News Journal, Feb 15»
10
'Tis the season for casseroles
Curt, the correct spelling is “lekvar” and this is a popular cookie filling. It can be either apricots or prunes that are slowly cooked in sugar. «The Tennessean, Dec 14»

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