lo mein
[ loh-meyn ]
noun
a Chinese dish of thin noodles stir-fried with vegetables and usually meat or shrimp.
Origin of lo mein
11970–75; <dialectal Chinese: stirred noodles
Words Nearby lo mein
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How to use lo mein in a sentence
A tangle of slippery lo mein noodles shows up slick with chile oil, crisp with fried shallots and colorful with red cabbage and chopped scallions.
They would soak bags of macaroni to make dough, roll it out and create dumplings, which they sold with a side of lo mein.
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