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gimbap

gimbap is the alternative form of kimbap.

Meaning of kimbap

Noun

kimbap (usually uncountable, plural kimbaps)

  1. (usually) A Korean dish of steamed white rice and other ingredients rolled in sheets of dried laver seaweed and served in bite-size slices.
    • First-time visitors to this takeout spot in Koreatown should try the buffet; regulars come for noodles and kimbap, or Korean-style sushi filled with pickled vegetables2009 June 3, Julia Moskin, “Ethnic and Affordable”, in New York Times

Forms of gimbap

pluralgimbaps

Questions about gimbap

What is gimbap the alternative form of?
Gimbap is the alternative form of kimbap.

Words near gimbap in the dictionary

  1. gimbaled
  2. gimbaling
  3. gimballed
  4. gimballing
  5. gimbals
  6. gimbap
  7. gimbaps
  8. Gimbel
  9. Gimbels
  10. Gimbert
  11. Gimberts

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gimbap (page history and authors); kimbap (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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