kombu
or kon·bu
a brown Japanese seaweed, sun-dried before use in sushi, stocks, etc.
Words Nearby kombu
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
How to use kombu in a sentence
What ensued was a crash course on phycology — marine algae science — and on searching for and gathering edible seaweed, including kelp, wakame and kombu.
On California’s Central Coast, a low-key exploration of wineries, restaurants and nature | Tracey Ceurvels | October 7, 2021 | Washington Postkombu, a horn of the Hindus, resembling in its semicircular shape the tootooree, but being smaller and heavier; from Madras.
Musical Myths and Facts, Volume I (of 2) | Carl Engel
British Dictionary definitions for kombu
konbu
/ (ˈkɒmbuː) /
a dark brown seaweed of the genus Laminaria (class Phaeophyceae) the leaves of which are dried and used esp in Japanese cookery
Origin of kombu
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse