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surimi

/sʊəˈɹiːmi/

surimi noun: a white paste, made from ground fish, that is used to make formed and textured food products.

Noun

surimi (uncountable)

  1. A white paste, made from ground fish, that is used to make formed and textured food products.
    • In Singapore, the most popular surimi-based product is the fish ball, which is used in a local application, Yong Tau Foo.2005, Jae W. Park, editor, Surimi and Surimi Seafood, 2nd edition, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 388

Origin of surimi

Borrowed from Japanese すり身 (surimi, “ground meat”).

Questions about surimi

What does surimi mean?
Surimi means a white paste, made from ground fish, that is used to make formed and textured food products.
What part of speech is surimi?
Surimi is a noun.
How do you pronounce surimi?
Surimi is pronounced /sʊəˈɹiːmi/.

Words near surimi in the dictionary

  1. Surigaonons
  2. surikat
  3. surikats
  4. surili
  5. surilis
  6. surimi
  7. surimono
  8. surimonos
  9. Surin
  10. Surin.
  11. surinabant

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