kimbap
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Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Korean 김밥 (gimbap), from 김 (gim, “a type of seaweed”) + 밥 (bap, “rice”).
Noun[edit]
kimbap (usually uncountable, plural kimbaps)
- A Korean dish of steamed white rice and other ingredients rolled in sheets of dried laver seaweed and served in bite-size slices.
- 2009 June 3, Julia Moskin, “Ethnic and Affordable”, in New York Times[1]:
- First-time visitors to this takeout spot in Koreatown should try the buffet; regulars come for noodles and kimbap, or Korean-style sushi filled with pickled vegetables
- 2015, Han Kang, translated by Deborah Smith, The Vegetarian, Granta, published 2018, page 12:
- The babbling stream, people spreading out rush mats to sit on, snacking on kimbap.
Translations[edit]
a Korean dish
