soba

American  

[soh-buh] / ˈsoʊ bə /

noun

plural

soba

1. Japanese Cooking. a noodle made primarily from buckwheat flour, with some wheat flour added.

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soba British  

/ ˈsəʊbə /

noun

1. (in Japanese cookery) noodles made from buckwheat flour

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Etymology

Origin of soba

First recorded in 1895–1900; from Japanese: literally, “buckwheat, buckwheat noodle”

Example Sentences

Take a break from the 14 beginner-friendly, mostly gentle trails with a steaming bowl of buckwheat soba at Chouji-An, then hit the slopes for a few more hours.

From The Wall Street Journal

I brew some soba cha from my friend Makio.

From The Wall Street Journal

During the competition, she won a cold food challenge when she made a dish of chilled chicken with licorice-forward soba, cucumber and daikon.

From Salon

The amount is equivalent to more than 6,000 orders of his most popular dish: soba with mixed vegetables and seafood tempura, which costs just over $3.

From New York Times

Yoshihiro Serizawa, who runs a soba shop in Tokyo, said he spent about $19,000 on his new machine, which also accepts cashless payment — “a huge financial burden.”

From New York Times