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cellophane noodle

cellophane noodle noun: a transparent Asian noodle made from starch (such as mung bean starch, sweet potato or yam starch, potato starch, cassava starch, or canna starch) and water.

cellophane noodle: a transparent Asian noodle made from starch (such as mung bean starch, sweet potato or yam starch,...
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Noun

cellophane noodle (plural cellophane noodles)

  1. A transparent Asian noodle made from starch (such as mung bean starch, sweet potato or yam starch, potato starch, cassava starch, or canna starch) and water.

cellophane noodle meaning in Tagalog, Indonesian, Thai and Vietnamese

cellophane noodle in Tagalog

type of transparent Asian noodle
sotanghon

cellophane noodle in Indonesian

type of transparent Asian noodle
sohun

cellophane noodle in Thai

type of transparent Asian noodle
วุ้นเส้น wún-sên

cellophane noodle in Vietnamese

type of transparent Asian noodle
miến
More languagesFewer languages
cellophane noodle in Myanmar
ကြာဆံ krahcam, ပဲကြာဆံ pai:krahcam

Synonyms of cellophane noodle

All synonyms of cellophane noodle

Forms of cellophane noodle

pluralcellophane noodles

Questions about cellophane noodle

What does cellophane noodle mean?
Cellophane noodle means a transparent Asian noodle made from starch (such as mung bean starch, sweet potato or yam starch, potato starch, cassava starch, or canna starch) and water.
What is cellophane noodle in Tagalog?
Cellophane noodle in Tagalog is sotanghon. See Cellophane noodle meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is cellophane noodle?
Cellophane noodle is a noun.
What is the plural of cellophane noodle?
The plural of cellophane noodle is cellophane noodles.

Words near cellophane noodle in the dictionary

  1. cellooligosaccharide
  2. cellooligosaccharides
  3. cellopentaose
  4. cellopentose
  5. cellophane
  6. cellophane noodle
  7. cellophane noodles
  8. cellophaned
  9. cellophanes
  10. cellophaning
  11. cellos

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