bento
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 7
- Words With Friends
- 9
- Letters
- 5
/ˈbɛntəʊ/
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/ˈbɛntəʊ/ · /ˈbɛnˌtoʊ/
Definition of bento
5 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (also, attributive)A Japanese takeaway lunch served in a box, often with the food arranged into an elaborate design.
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noun
- (also, attributive)A Japanese takeaway lunch served in a box, often with the food arranged into an elaborate design.
- Synonym of bento box (“a partitioned, traditionally lacquered, lunchbox in which a Japanese takeaway lunch is served”).
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(Singapore, broadly)A generic meal packed in a disposable bento box.
“Typical Singaporean lunch bento wolved down in 5 minutes”
- A menu icon of nine squares in a grid.
- A layout consisting of cards arranged in a modular, irregularly partitioned grid.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 弁(べん)当(とう) (bentō). Doublet of biandang.
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