sushi
[ soo-shee ]
/ ˈsu ʃi /
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noun Japanese Cookery.
cold boiled rice moistened with rice vinegar, usually shaped into bite-size pieces and topped with raw seafood (nigiri-zushi) or formed into a long seaweed-wrapped roll, often around strips of vegetable or raw fish, and sliced into bite-size pieces (maki-zushi).
Nearby words
susceptible, susceptive, susceptivity, susceptor, susette, sushi, susian, susiana, susie, suslik, suslov
Compare sashimi.
Origin of sushi
1895–1900; < literary Japanese: literally, it is sour
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sushi
/ (ˈsuːʃɪ) /
noun
a Japanese dish consisting of small cakes of cold rice with a topping esp of raw fish
Word Origin for sushi
from Japanese
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Word Origin and History for sushi
sushi
1893, from Japanese.
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