POPPADOM Meaning of POPPADOM in English [ 'pɒpədəm ](also poppadum or popadom ) ■ noun (in Indian cookery) a large disc of unleavened spiced bread made from ground lentils fried in oil.Originfrom Tamil pappaḍam . Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004