hummus

UK/ˈhʊməs/US/ˈhʊməs/

nounB1+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #11,449 of 15,258leans spoken

Hummus is a smooth dip of crushed chickpeas and sesame. A tub of hummus, dip the bread in hummus, homemade hummus.

The sesame part is tahini, and the four things it needs are chickpeas, tahini, lemon and garlic. Warm chickpeas blend far smoother than cold ones. The Arabic word simply means chickpeas, and the full name means chickpeas with tahini.

Definitions of hummus

1nounhummusA smooth dip of crushed chickpeas and sesame.B1+
“We ate warm pitta bread dipped in hummus and olive oil.”

hummus is a food.

Where it comes from

Arabic hummus means chickpeas. The full dish name is hummus bi tahina, chickpeas with tahini.

Arabic
حُمُّص
English, today
hummus

Borrowed from Arabic حُمُّص., an alternative pronunciation of Arabic حِمَّص.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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hummus in the wild

The earliest mention of hummus was in a 13th century cookbook attributed to the historian Ibn al-Adim from Aleppo in present-day Syria.
Hummus
Like hummus, baba ghanoush, pita bread, and other elements of Arab cuisine, tabbouleh has become a popular food in the United States.
Tabbouleh
In 2010, Ibrahim funded a project to reclaim the Guinness World Record for the world's largest hummus from Lebanon in the Israeli Arab town of Abu Ghosh.
Jawdat Ibrahim
The world record breaking hummus weighed 4,090 kg.
Jawdat Ibrahim
Sabra Dipping Company, LLC is an American company which produces Middle Eastern-style and other food products, including hummus and guacamole.
Sabra (company)

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