soba

[soh-buh]

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noun

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

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Contemporary Examples

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
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
Soba noodles, on the other hand, which are made out of buckwheat, are deeply flavorful.
What to Eat: Cleansers
Cookstr.com
January 5, 2010

Historical Examples

So that our researches issued in no corroboration of Soba being Modin.
Byeways in Palestine
James Finn
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
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
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

British Dictionary definitions for soba

soba

noun

(in Japanese cookery) noodles made from buckwheat flour

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Word Origin

Japanese

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