Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shamoji

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: shamo-ji
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A flat paddle used in Japanese cuisine to stir and serve rice and to mix vinegar into the rice for sushi.

Etymology

From Japanese しゃもじ (shamoji).

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: しゃもじ

Questions

What does shamoji mean?: A flat paddle used in Japanese cuisine to stir and serve rice and to mix vinegar into the rice for sushi.
Where does shamoji come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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