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hibachi

/həbˈɑtʃi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.12 in modern English

Syllables
hi-bachi
IPA
/həbˈɑtʃi/
17
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A portable brazier, powered by charcoal, used for cooking.

noun

A cooking method and performance art in which the chef grills pieces of food on a hot metal griddle in front of the guests; teppanyaki.

Canadian usage; American usage

noun

The griddle used in such cuisine; teppan.

Canadian usage; American usage

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Etymology

c. 1870, from Japanese 火鉢 (hibachi, “a charcoal-powered heating brazier”, literally “fire pot”).

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Inflected Forms

hibachis (plural)

Rhymes With

karachi hitachi mariachi fibonacci saatchi chachi paci gerace geraci starace schillaci bonacci

Questions

How do you pronounce hibachi?
The recorded pronunciation is /həbˈɑtʃi/.
What does hibachi mean?
A portable brazier, powered by charcoal, used for cooking.
Where does hibachi come from?
It is traced to Japanese.

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