onigiri

[ oh-ni-geer-ee ]

/ ˌoʊ nɪˈgɪər i /

noun Japanese Cooking.

cold boiled rice, formed into a palm-sized ball and stuffed with fish or pickled fruit, then shaped, usually into a triangle, and wrapped or decorated with dried seaweed.

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Origin of onigiri

First recorded in 2000–05; from Japanese o- (honorific prefix); see origin at nigiri

Words nearby onigiri

ongaonga, ongoing, ongoings, oni, onie, onigiri, oniomania, onion, onion dome, onion fly, onion rings