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donabe

donabe noun: a clay pot for use over an open flame in Japanese cuisine, usually glazed on the inside and porous on the outside.

Noun

donabe (plural donabes or donabe)

  1. A clay pot for use over an open flame in Japanese cuisine, usually glazed on the inside and porous on the outside.
    • On a visit home, Takei Moore tasted rice cooked in a traditional donabe again and saw it all differently.2021 March 24, Tejal Rao, “The Joy of Cooking With a Donabe”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Forms of donabe

pluraldonabes
pluraldonabe

Origin of donabe

From Japanese 土鍋.

Questions about donabe

What does donabe mean?
Donabe means a clay pot for use over an open flame in Japanese cuisine, usually glazed on the inside and porous on the outside.
What part of speech is donabe?
Donabe is a noun.
What is the plural of donabe?
The plural of donabe is donabes.

Words near donabe in the dictionary

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  5. Donabate
  6. donabe
  7. donabes
  8. donable
  9. Donachie
  10. Donachies
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