udon

American  

[oo-don] / ˈuˌdɒn /

noun

plural

udon

1. a thick, white Japanese noodle made from wheat flour, often served in soup.

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udon British  

/ ˈuːdɒn /

noun

1. (in Japanese cookery) large noodles made of wheat flour

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Etymology

Origin of udon

First recorded in 1905–10; from Japanese: literally, “wheat noodle,” from Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese wū dōng (miàn) “udon (noodles)”

Example Sentences

In Tokyo's upscale Ginza district, Yuki Yamamoto, the manager of an Instagram-famous udon noodle restaurant, said he had not noticed any immediate impact on sales in the days since China warned its citizens to avoid Japan.

From Barron's

The stores are best known for their numerous feats of “instant-izing” food, a process in which nearly every conceivable dish is turned into a packaged meal: spaghetti, Japanese udon, fried rice that you squeeze out of a tube.

From Los Angeles Times

She said all of Watchara's relatives have come to her home in Udon Thani province to closely monitor the news.

From BBC

He and Bianca's father, Mark, flew out the next day, by which point the girls were in a hospital in Udon Thani, over the border from Laos in Thailand.

From BBC

It has this gorgeous udon dish.

From New York Times