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bentō

bentō is the alternative spelling of bento.

Meaning of bento

Noun

bento (plural bento or bentos)

  1. (also, attributive) A Japanese takeaway lunch served in a box, often with the food arranged into an elaborate design.
    Synonyms:
    bento box
  2. Synonym of bento box (“a partitioned, traditionally lacquered, lunchbox in which a Japanese takeaway lunch is served”).
    Synonyms:
    bento box
  3. (Singapore, broadly) A generic meal packed in a disposable bento box.
    • Typical Singaporean lunch bento wolved down in 5 minutes2020, Chan Joon Yee, Not Quite Over The Hill: Swinging My Way to 60 and Beyond, Dewdrop Books
  4. A menu icon of nine squares in a grid.
  5. A layout consisting of cards arranged in a modular, irregularly partitioned grid.

Phrases with bentō

Questions about bentō

What is bentō the alternative spelling of?
Bentō is the alternative spelling of bento.

Words near bentō in the dictionary

  1. bentwoods
  2. Bentworth
  3. benty
  4. Bentz
  5. Bentzes
  6. bentō
  7. bentō box
  8. bentō boxes
  9. Benuaq
  10. Benuaqs
  11. Benue

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bentō (page history and authors); bento (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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