Cur″ry, n. [Tamil kari.] [Written also currie.]
1. (Cookery) A kind of sauce much used in India, containing garlic, pepper, ginger, and other strong spices.
2. A stew of fowl, fish, or game, cooked with curry.
Curry powder(Cookery), a condiment used for making curry, formed of various materials, including strong spices, as pepper, ginger, garlic, coriander seed, etc.