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hibachi

[ hi-bah-chee ]

noun

  1. a small Japanese-style charcoal brazier covered with a grill, usually used for outdoor cooking.


hibachi

/ hɪˈbɑːtʃɪ /

noun

  1. a portable brazier for heating and cooking food
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hibachi1

1860–65; < Japanese, equivalent to hi fire (earlier fi ( y ) < *poi ) +- bachi combining form of hachi pot, earlier fati < Middle Chinese, akin to Chinese monk's bowl; perhaps < Pali patta < Sanskrit pā́tra drinking vessel
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hibachi1

from Japanese, from hi fire + bachi bowl
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Example Sentences

Then she sat down close to a hibachi, her back against the wall.

The father filled his pipe, lighted it at the hibachi, and began to smoke, as hundreds more were doing all round them.

A common plan is to heat the pipehead in the charcoal of the hibachi, and then blow out the refuse.

That is all—except the smoking-box (hibachi) in the middle of the room, surrounded by kneeling-cushions.

As if to emphasize it, the hand she had persistently held behind her was thrust forward toward the burning coals in the hibachi.

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