leban
leban — noun
1. a sour milk food from the Middle East and North Africa that may be thin enough t
a sour milk food from the Middle East and North Africa that may be thin enough to drink or thick enough to eat with a spoon.
Lakshmi poured cold leban into glasses with lunch on the hot afternoon.
served as a cooling drink with a meal
Christopher spooned leban over rice and grilled chicken at dinner.
semisolid use: eaten with savory food
At the market, Yara bought leban to make a light summer meal.
Amani kept the leban in the fridge so it stayed cool.
Mathieu tasted the leban first because he had never tried it before.
- fermented milk
a broad category term, not the specific regional food called leban
- yogurt drink
can be similar in texture, but leban is a traditional Middle Eastern and North African food with its own name
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Usually uncountable when you mean the food or drink in general. For one serving, speakers more often say a glass, bowl, or cup of leban than use the noun alone as a countable item.