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soba

[ soh-buh ]

noun

, plural so·ba.
  1. Japanese Cooking. a noodle made primarily from buckwheat flour, with some wheat flour added.


soba

/ ˈsəʊbə /

noun

  1. (in Japanese cookery) noodles made from buckwheat flour


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Word History and Origins

Origin of soba1

First recorded in 1895–1900; from Japanese: literally, “buckwheat, buckwheat noodle”

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Word History and Origins

Origin of soba1

Japanese

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Example Sentences

My noodles of choice in this dish are soba, which have a nice nuttiness that complements the sauce, but you could use any noodle in its place.

For those unfamiliar, soba is buckwheat noodle dish—and they proved much more popular amongst the public.

Week after week we are shaken to learn that French bistro—No, Mongolian—No, Genever gin—No, soba—is THE food trend of the moment.

Soba noodles, on the other hand, which are made out of buckwheat, are deeply flavorful.

Drink vely bad for Inglismen; what for you dont go home and teach them to be soba, plaupa men?

So that our researches issued in no corroboration of Soba being Modin.

The soba is a sort of vermicelli made of buckwheat, and the udon a kind of macaroni, solid and not in tubes.

To provide for any among them that did not love sweet things we had the soba or the udon brought to us by their vender.

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