soba

[ soh-buh ]

/ ˈsoʊ bə /

noun

flat noodles made from buckwheat and wheat flours, used in Japanese cookery.

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Examples from the Web for soba

For those unfamiliar, soba is buckwheat noodle dish—and they proved much more popular amongst the public.
Inside The World’s 10 Oldest Restaurants|Justin Jones|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Week after week we are shaken to learn that French bistro—No, Mongolian—No, Genever gin—No, soba—is THE food trend of the moment.
This Book Will Change the Way You Eat|Lucas Wittmann|December 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Soba noodles, on the other hand, which are made out of buckwheat, are deeply flavorful.
What to Eat: Cleansers|Cookstr.com|January 5, 2010|DAILY BEAST
To provide for any among them that did not love sweet things we had the soba or the udon brought to us by their vender.
A Japanese Boy|Shigemi Shiukichi

So that our researches issued in no corroboration of Soba being Modin.
Byeways in Palestine|James Finn
Drink vely bad for Inglismen; what for you dont go home and teach them to be soba, plaupa men?
The Truth about Opium|William H. Brereton
The soba is a sort of vermicelli made of buckwheat, and the udon a kind of macaroni, solid and not in tubes.
A Japanese Boy|Shigemi Shiukichi

British Dictionary definitions for soba

soba

/ (ˈsəʊbə) /

noun

(in Japanese cookery) noodles made from buckwheat flour

Word Origin for soba

Japanese

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