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rice paddle

rice paddle noun: a kitchen utensil used to stir and serve rice.

rice paddle: a kitchen utensil used to stir and serve rice
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Noun

rice paddle (plural rice paddles)

  1. A kitchen utensil used to stir and serve rice.
    • As soon as the rice is cooked, immediately turn it out into a large shallow bowl or onto a platter and spread out gently with a rice paddle or wooden spatula.2003, Jeffrey Alford, Seductions of Rice, page 215
    Synonyms:
    rice spoon, shamoji

Synonyms of rice paddle

Forms of rice paddle

pluralrice paddles

Questions about rice paddle

What does rice paddle mean?
Rice paddle means a kitchen utensil used to stir and serve rice.
What part of speech is rice paddle?
Rice paddle is a noun.
What is the plural of rice paddle?
The plural of rice paddle is rice paddles.

Words near rice paddle in the dictionary

  1. rice niggers
  2. rice noodle
  3. rice noodles
  4. rice out
  5. rice paddies
  6. rice paddle
  7. rice paddles
  8. rice paddy
  9. rice paddy herb
  10. rice paddy herbs
  11. rice paper

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