1. a cylindrical clay oven used in Indian and Middle Eastern cooking, heated to very high temperatures

Examples

• The chef baked naan bread in the tandoor.
• Tandoor chicken is marinated and cooked at high heat.
• The restaurant’s tandoor was imported from India.
• She watched the cook slide the flatbread into the tandoor.
• The tandoor reached temperatures of over 900 degrees.
• Traditional tandoor ovens are made of clay and heated with charcoal.