falafel

noun3

1. •
   A Middle Eastern food in the form of balls made from chickpeas or broad beans and other ingredients, often served in a pita.

   • There's a stall at the market that sells fantastic falafel.
2. •
   A single falafel ball.

   • The stallholder puts salad into an open pita bread, followed by the four falafels, and then liberally covers them with hummus.
3. •
   A pita with falafel balls as a filling.

   • Here, close-cropped future soldiers would learn how to introduce themselves to strangers, the proper way to order a falafel and a Coke, how to shout Get out of the car. — 2010