sesame

[US]/'sesəmɪ/
[UK]/'sɛsəmi/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a type of plant seed commonly used in cooking.

Phrases & Collocations

sesame seeds

sesame oil

sesame paste

sesame chicken

sesame street

sesame bagel

sesame dressing

sesame noodles

sesame allergy

sesame crusted

sesame seed

black sesame

open sesame

Example Sentences

academic success is not an automatic open sesame to the job market.

sprinkle sesame seeds over the top.

Academic success is not always an open sesame to a well-paid job.

The bank had just closed but I banged on the door and—open sesame—they let me in!

Main cash crops include cotton, soybeans, peanuts, rape, sesame, ambary hemp, and tea.

Definition: Black Sesame is the dried ripe seed of Sesamum indicum L. (Fam.Pedaliaceae).

The fernery starch soup was made with the fernery starch as its main ingredients, added soybean, sesame, sugar.It was produced by the process of extruding, blending and grinding, puffing.

Definition: Refined sesame oil is the fatty oil obtained from the ripe seeds of Sesamum indicum L. by expression or extraction, then refined.

There are 10 million farmers in Ethiopia, a country of 80 million, growing mostly cereals such as wheat, maize, sorghum, barley, sesame, and an Ethiopian grain called “teff.

Real-world Examples

Sesame oil. It's got sesame oil in it.

Source: Gourmet Base

Just wave your ID, and " open sesame."

Source: Science 60 Seconds Listening Compilation January 2013

And then with the unusual sesame crunch.

Source: Gourmet Base

So, I have sesame fried patty pan.

Source: Gourmet Base

That stops the sesame seed oil becoming too rich.

Source: Culinary methods for gourmet food

It uses organic 100% sesame seeds.

Source: Gourmet Base

The sesame seed oil just lifts up the whole flavour.

Source: Culinary methods for gourmet food

It is easier to add sesame and identify it legally.

Source: VOA Slow English - America

As long as they identified the sesame on the food packaging, they were obeying the law fully.

Source: VOA Slow English - America

So with tahini, it is a sesame seed paste.

Source: Gourmet Base

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