udon

[ oo-don ]

/ ˈu dɒn /

noun

thick, white Japanese noodles made from wheat flour, often served in soup.

Words nearby udon

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Examples from the Web for udon

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
Genji smiled slightly, and said: "That is a very great compliment; but the Udon tree does not blossom so easily."
Japanese Literature|Various
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 udon

udon

/ (ˈuːdɒn) /

noun

(in Japanese cookery) large noodles made of wheat flour

Word Origin for udon

Japanese

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