jambalaya
/ˌdʒambəˈlʌɪə
/noun [mass noun]
A Cajun dish of rice with shrimps, chicken, and vegetables: huge concoctions of gumbo and jambalaya [count noun]: Creole jambalayas are among my favourites...
- Last year I was in New Orleans and had plenty of gumbo, jambalaya, and crawfish étouffée.
- Now, instead of serving pita pockets or turkey sandwiches at lunch, the students are treated to roast beef with caramelized onions on a baguette or shrimp jambalaya with jalapeño cornbread.
- In a traditional jambalaya, chicken, sausage, ham, and chopped vegetables are cooked and added with seasonings and liquid to an iron pot full of rice.
Origin
Louisiana French, from Provençal jambalaia.
Rhymes
- in one's blood
- in one's bones
- in one's cups
- in one's face
- in one's favour
- in one's glory
- in one's head
- in one's heart of hearts
- in one's mind's eye
- in one's own person
- in one's own right
- in one's own sweet time (or way)
- in one's own time
- in one's pelt
- in one's senses
- in (one's) shirtsleeves
- in (one's) stockinged feet
- in one's tracks
- in one's wildest dreams
- in open court
- inoperability
- inoperable
- inoperably
- inoperative
- inopportune