falafel

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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 pita with falafel balls as a filling.
3. 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.