ramen

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
7
Words With Friends
9
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈɹɑːmən/(UK)
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/ˈɹɑːmən/(UK) · /ˈɹɑmən/(UK)

Definition of ramen

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)Soup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Japanese-Chinese style).
    “A founder’s first goal, Graham wrote, is becoming “ramen profitable”: spending thriftily and making just enough to afford ramen noodles for dinner.”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)Soup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Japanese-Chinese style).
    “A founder’s first goal, Graham wrote, is becoming “ramen profitable”: spending thriftily and making just enough to afford ramen noodles for dinner.”
  2. (countable, uncountable)A type of instant noodles.

intj

  1. (humorous)amen
    “[...] For thine is the colander, the noodle, and the sauce, forever and ever. RAmen.”
    “… For thine are Meatballs, and the beer, and the strippers, for ever and ever. RAmen.”
    “They will let me wear The Chosen Attire at work, however. Ramen.”
    “No, no, no! Until YOU stand before His Noodliness when you die. And if you do not believe in the Flying Spaghetti Monster (RAmen brother!) then you will not get to partake of the beer volcanoes, nor enjoy the strippers in Heaven.”
    “YHWH" = tetragrammaton. "FSM" = tetrazziniton. Ramen.”

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Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ラーメン (rāmen), from Mandarin 拉麵 /拉面 (lāmiàn, “pulled noodles”). Doublet of laghman, lamian, and ramyeon.

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