larb

¹ American  

[lahrb] / lɑrb /

noun

larbs plural

1. a species of bearberry, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi.

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larb ² American  

[lahb, lahrb] / lɑb, lɑrb /

noun

larb, plural larbs plural

1. a Southeast Asian minced meat salad, often served with sticky rice.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• larb
  plural
• larbs
  plural

Example Sentences

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larb

Also, the nam khao tod, which is a crispy rice salad, and the larb gai, which is minced chicken, but it’s actually so spicy, even for me, and I love spicy food.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2024

Popular in Thailand and Laos, larb is at once crunchy and soft, fiery and cooling.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 14, 2024

Serve the chicken and mushroom larb with white rice, lettuce leaves, bean sprouts and mint.

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2022

A Thai pork larb is the perfect solution, and it comes together in a flash.

From New York Times ● Sep. 17, 2022

I’m thinking not only about places such as Mission Chinese in San Francisco, where chef Danny Bowien first started slinging kung pao pastrami and cumin lamb larb.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 29, 2021