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robata

robata noun: a charcoal grill used to prepare Japanese food for customers seated around the cooking area.

robata: a charcoal grill used to prepare Japanese food for customers seated around the cooking area
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Noun

robata (countable and uncountable, plural robatas or robata)

  1. (countable) A charcoal grill used to prepare Japanese food for customers seated around the cooking area.
    • Flames periodically shoot upwards from the robata grill in the open kitchen.2023 September 23, John Thornill, “Let’s break the Silicon Valley monopoly”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3
  2. (countable) A restaurant featuring such a grill.
  3. (uncountable) This style of cooking.

Forms of robata

pluralrobatas
pluralrobata

Origin of robata

From Japanese 炉端 (robata, literally “side of irori”), from 炉 (ro, “irori”) + はた (hata, “side”).

Questions about robata

What does robata mean?
Robata means a charcoal grill used to prepare Japanese food for customers seated around the cooking area.
What part of speech is robata?
Robata is a noun.
What is the plural of robata?
The plural of robata is robatas.

Words near robata in the dictionary

  1. Robarge
  2. Robarges
  3. Robars
  4. Robart
  5. Robarts
  6. robata
  7. robatas
  8. robatayaki
  9. robatumumab
  10. Robayo
  11. Robayos

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