Definition of Dolmas

1. Noun. Well-seasoned rice (with nuts or currants or minced lamb) simmered or braised in stock.

Exact synonyms: Stuffed Grape Leaves
Generic synonyms: Dish

Definition of Dolmas

1. Noun. (plural of dolma) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dolmas

1. dolma [n] - See also: dolma

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dolmas

dolly shop
dolly shops
dollybird
dollybirds
dollying
dollymops
dolma
dolmade
dolmades
dolman
dolman jacket
dolman sleeve
dolmans
dolmas (current term)
dolmeh
dolmen
dolmenic
dolmens
dolmus
dolmuses
dolmush
dolmushes
doloire
doloires
dolomite
dolomites
dolomitic
dolomitization

Literary usage of Dolmas

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Eat and Grow Thin: The Mahdah Menus by Vance Thompson (1914)
"dolmas Take the tender leaves of a young cabbage, place three or four together and fill with the following mixture: Two pounds of raw mutton hashed through ..."

2. A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain by Bernard Burke (1862)
"York, and had. with other issue, a son and heir, THOMAS dolmas. Esq. of Badsworth, 6. 1581-2; who m. 1st, Temperance, dau. of Sir Edmund Watson, Knt, ..."

3. The Romance of Missions: Or, Inside Views of Life and Labor,in the Land of by Maria Abigail West (1875)
"She was intent upon honoring her Guest with the choicest dishes that her hands could prepare ; perhaps she made pilaff, and dolmas (I have often heard you ..."

4. Mariam: A Romance of Persia by Samuel Graham Wilson (1906)
"Stuffed grape-leaf dolmas were ready in the kettle for lunch. The kettle was placed on two stones, a few sticks of wood were brought by the gardener and ..."

5. The Housekeeper's Guide: Or, A Plain & Practical System of Domestic Cookery by Esther Copley (1838)
"TO MAKE dolmas, A TURKISH 'DISH. Take half a loin of mutton, and cut all the meat ... Pour the sauce over the dolmas, and serve them up as hot as possible. ..."

6. National Viands à la Mode by De Salis (Harriet Anne) (1895)
"dolmas Parboil some rice, drain it, add a few finely- chopped herbs and a little salad oil ; roll the rice ..."

7. The Wellesley Cook Book by Wellesley (Mass.), Parlor Fund Committee, Congregational Church (1890)
"SUMMER-SQUASH dolmas TAKE one-half cup rice to two pounds beef. Chop the beef fine; ... Pour over the squash dolmas. PILAF Two cups broth to one cup rice. ..."

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