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oden

oden noun: a Japanese one pot winter dish, of varying ingredients.

Noun

oden (uncountable)

  1. A Japanese one pot winter dish, of varying ingredients.
    • The arrival of cooler weather means konbini counters will soon be offering piping hot oden – a kind of Japanese stew.[2024 November 8, Justin McCurry, “Coffee, sandwiches, underwear, beer: a day in the life of Japan’s beloved konbini stores”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Origin of oden

Borrowed from Japanese おでん.

Questions about oden

What does oden mean?
Oden means a Japanese one pot winter dish, of varying ingredients.
What part of speech is oden?
Oden is a noun.

Words near oden in the dictionary

  1. Odell
  2. Odells
  3. Odelsthing
  4. Odelsting
  5. odema
  6. oden
  7. Odenkirk
  8. Odense
  9. Odenthal
  10. Odenthals
  11. Odenville

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