ramen

[rah-muh n]

noun Japanese Cookery.

a bowl of clear soup containing noodles, vegetables, and often bits of meat.

Origin of ramen

< Japanese rāmen < Chinese lāmiàn literally, pull noodle

Also called larmen.

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Contemporary Examples of ramen

Chances are, wherever there are hungry college students, a ramen joint will follow.
Underground Ramen’s Mainstream Moment
Sara Sayed
May 12, 2014
Quite unusually for a ramen restaurant, Totto is open for lunch (a typical ramen broth slow cooks for up to 12 hours).
Underground Ramen’s Mainstream Moment
Sara Sayed
May 12, 2014
Ippudo, East Village, Midtown West No NYC ramen roundup would be complete without an Ippudo shout-out.
Underground Ramen’s Mainstream Moment
Sara Sayed
May 12, 2014
The ramen burger is the brainchild of Keizo Shimamoto, a 35-year-old ramen blogger turned ramen chef.
Ramen Burger’s Inventor Talks About the Food Craze Eclipsing the Cronut
Marlow Stern
August 9, 2013
Only 150 ramen burgers were made available to the public at a price of $8 apiece.
Ramen Burger’s Inventor Talks About the Food Craze Eclipsing the Cronut
Marlow Stern
August 9, 2013

Historical Examples of ramen

The Queen frustrates our plans by her blind confidence in Mrs. Ramen.
Some Noble Sisters
Edmund Lee
In military sciences and history, it would be said that Lee has ramen tambour battant Meade under the defences of Washington.
Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863
Adam Gurowski

British Dictionary definitions for ramen

ramen

noun

a Japanese dish consisting of a clear broth containing thin white noodles and sometimes vegetables, meat, etc

pl n

thin white noodles served in such a broth

Word Origin for ramen

Japanese, from Chinese la to pull + mian noodles

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