bento
A Japanese takeaway lunch served in a box, often with the food arranged into an…A Japanese takeaway lunch served in a box, often with the food arranged into an elaborate design.
» Don't put bell peppers in the bento.
Meaning
5 senses(also, attributive)A Japanese takeaway lunch served in a box, often with the food arranged into an elaborate design.
бэнто́bɛntó, бенто́bɛntó
Synonym of bento box (“a partitioned, traditionally lacquered, lunchbox in which a Japanese takeaway lunch is served”).
(Singapore, broadly)A generic meal packed in a disposable bento box.
A menu icon of nine squares in a grid.
A layout consisting of cards arranged in a modular, irregularly partitioned grid.
Examples
10 sentencesDon't put bell peppers in the bento.
Today, too, will be a nori bento day.
Oh well, looks like even more nori bento today.
There is a small quantity of food in this bento.
A bento is a small meal made of boiled rice and seaweed, that is sold in cheap wooden boxes.
deBeim Bentō handelt es sich um eine kleine Mahlzeit, die mit gekochtem Reis und Meeresalgen zubereitet und in preiswerten Holzschächelchen verkauft wird. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Borrowed from Japanese 弁(べん)当(とう) (bentō). Doublet of biandang.Borrowed from Japanese 弁(べん)当(とう) (bentō). Doublet of biandang.
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Forms
plural: bento / bentosSynonyms
1 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular