five-spice powder
five-spice powder noun: a ground mixture of five varieties of spice used in Chinese, East Asian and Southeast Asian cuisine. One common mixture contains star anise, cloves, Chinese cinnamon, Sichuan pepper, and fennel seeds.
Noun
five-spice powder (usually uncountable, plural five-spice powders)
- A ground mixture of five varieties of spice used in Chinese, East Asian and Southeast Asian cuisine. One common mixture contains star anise, cloves, Chinese cinnamon, Sichuan pepper, and fennel seeds.
five-spice powder meaning in Vietnamese and Myanmar
five-spice powder in Vietnamese
- ground mixture
- bột ngũ vị hương, ngũ vị hương
five-spice powder in Myanmar
- ground mixture
- တရုတ်မဆလာ ta.rutma.hca.la
Forms of five-spice powder
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Origin of five-spice powder
Calque from Chinese 五香粉 (wǔxiāngfěn).
Questions about five-spice powder
- What does five-spice powder mean?
- Five-spice powder means a ground mixture of five varieties of spice used in Chinese, East Asian and Southeast Asian cuisine. One common mixture contains star anise, cloves, Chinese cinnamon, Sichuan pepper, and fennel seeds.
- What is five-spice powder in Vietnamese?
- Five-spice powder in Vietnamese is bột ngũ vị hương, ngũ vị hương. See Five-spice powder meaning in Vietnamese.
- What part of speech is five-spice powder?
- Five-spice powder is a noun.
- What is the plural of five-spice powder?
- The plural of five-spice powder is five-spice powders.
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