temaki
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of temaki
First recorded in 1980–85; from Japanese: literally, “hand roll”
Example Sentences
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I watch rice being compressed down onto a sheet of nori as if it may try to escape, then lobster salad spooned unevenly atop it; the cylindrical temaki that disgorges a glob out one end.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 3, 2022
Uminori in Madison Valley specializes in temaki or cone-shaped rolls.
From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2022
Nami Nori has a temaki construction style of its own.
From New York Times ● Dec. 3, 2019
Korea muscles into the striped-bass temaki with a fiery streak of chojang and a freshening garnish of slivered perilla leaves and daikon.
From New York Times ● Dec. 3, 2019
Today, sfihas, baba ganoush, hummus, fattoush, and labneh are as essential to São Paulo as pizza or temaki.
From Slate ● Feb. 27, 2017
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