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Noun: dal  dal
  1. Indian dish made with stewed legumes (esp. lentils), onion and spices
    "They ordered a side of dal to accompany their curry";
    - dhal, dahl, daal
     
  2. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 litres
    "The winemaker stored the vintage in dal containers";
    - dekaliter [US], dekalitre [Cdn], decaliter [US], decalitre [Brit, Cdn], dkl

Derived forms: dals

Type of: dish, metric capacity unit

Part of: hectoliter [US], hectolitre [Brit, Cdn], hl

Encyclopedia: Dal, Kurdistan