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maki
[ mah-kee ]
/ ˈmɑ ki /
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noun Japanese Cooking.
cold boiled rice moistened with rice vinegar, formed around strips of vegetable or raw fish into a cylindrical seaweed-wrapped roll that is sliced into bite-size pieces.
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Sometimes ma·ki-zu·shi [mah-kee-zoo-shee] /ˈmɑ kiˈzu ʃi/ .
See also sushi.
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maki
/ (ˈmækɪ) /
noun
(in Japanese cuisine) a small segment cut from a long roll of cold rice and various other ingredients wrapped in a sheet of seaweed
Word Origin for maki
from Japanese, literally: roll
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