udon

[ oo-don ]

noun,plural u·don.
  1. a thick, white Japanese noodle made from wheat flour, often served in soup.

Origin of udon

1
First recorded in 1905–10; from Japanese: literally, “wheat noodle,” from Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese wū dōng (miàn) “udon (noodles)”

Words Nearby udon

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How to use udon in a sentence

  • 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.

    A Japanese Boy | Shigemi Shiukichi

British Dictionary definitions for udon

udon

/ (ˈuːdɒn) /


noun
  1. (in Japanese cookery) large noodles made of wheat flour

Origin of udon

1
Japanese

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