bento
noun
a meal, usually served in a lacquered or elaborately decorated box that is divided into sections for holding individual portions of food.
bentos
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pluralof bento.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Its history as a beloved institution — famous for the Japanese-style architecture at some stations and for its boxed meals, known as railway bentos — has made change politically difficult.
From New York Times ● Jul. 19, 2021
This month, an announcement that bentos can now be ordered online made the evening news.
From New York Times ● May 12, 2016
And that’s not even mentioning the New Year’s bento boxes for dogs, which look pretty much exactly the same as the exquisite bentos made for humans.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 20, 2014
