wok

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noun
  1. a large bowl-shaped pan used in cooking Chinese food.

Origin of wok

1
1955–60; <dialectal Chinese (Guangdong) wohk pan, equivalent to Chinese huo

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wok

/ (wɒk) /


noun
  1. a large metal Chinese cooking pot having a curved base like a bowl and traditionally with a wooden handle

Origin of wok

1
from Chinese (Cantonese)

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