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Leban

Leban \Leb"an\, Lebban \Leb"ban\, n. Coagulated sour milk diluted with water; -- a common beverage among the Arabs. Also, a fermented liquor made of the same.

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leban

n. 1 Coagulated sour milk diluted with water. 2 yogurt (qualifier: as used in Middle Eastern cuisine). 3 A fermented liquor made with coagulated sour milk.

Usage examples of "leban".

She knew only that he had some quietly confidential role in the defense ministry which he never talked about, that he worked extremely long hours week after week and year after year, that he seemed conversant with everything under the sun, that he was often impish and playful and given to droll merriment, that he loved to laugh and was easily moved to tears, that he ate huge quantities of raw vegetables and fruit and leban with enormous gusto, that he revered the soups she had learned to make as a girl in Cairo, and that no matter how busy he might be he was always there if she needed him, with encouragement and strength and wisdom, with kind words and thoughtful smiles.

God: Sheikh Salem will never drink leban again, unless he drink it in Paradise.

A present of leban from a daughter of En-Noor induced me to give her a ring.