Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kamaboko

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: kam-aboko
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various processed seafood products made from surimi, in which whitefish is pureed, formed into loaves, and steamed until firm.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Today, kamaboko processed in Hawaii is packaged in polyvinyl film wrappers."
"1987, Yanagida et al, Traditional Foods and Their Processing in Asia A representative product of fish meat paste products is kamaboko."
"Some kamabokos were picked up at shops and others were prepared from frozen surimi of Alaska pollack […]"

Etymology

From Japanese 蒲鉾 (kamaboko).

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 蒲鉾

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

kamabokos (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

surimi

Questions

What does kamaboko mean?: Any of various processed seafood products made from surimi, in which whitefish is pureed, formed into loaves, and steamed until firm.
Where does kamaboko come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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