hi·ba·chi

[hi-bah-chee]
noun
a small Japanese-style charcoal brazier covered with a grill, usually used for outdoor cooking.

Origin:
1860–65; < Japanese, equivalent to hi fire (earlier fi(y) < *poi) +-bachi combining form of hachi pot, earlier fati < Middle Chinese, akin to Chinese monk's bowl; perhaps < Pali patta < Sanskrit pā́tra drinking vessel

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hibachi (hɪˈbɑːtʃɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
a portable brazier for heating and cooking food
 
[from Japanese, from hi fire + bachi bowl]

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Hibachi is always a great word to know.
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a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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Word Origin & History

hibachi
1863, from Japanese hibachi "firepot," from hi "fire" + hachi "bowl, pot."
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Example sentences
If you use a grill or hibachi to cook or a backup generator, keep them outside
  with the back- up generator.
Never use your range or oven to help heat your home and never use a charcoal
  grill or hibachi in your home or garage.
Diners can choose from the sushi bar, hibachi entrees, noodle and rice dishes
  and house specialties.
In the sun its rocks become charcoal-colored briquettes in a hibachi.
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