nabe
nabe · nabes
NeighborhoodNeighborhood.
/neɪb/
» I don't want to eat such things like nabe in summer.
Meaning
3 senses(slang)Neighborhood.
(slang)Neighborhood theater, neighborhood cinema.
(slang, uncountable)A Japanese hot pot dish.
Examples
1 sentencesI don't want to eat such things like nabe in summer.
Origin
Clipping of neighborhood; compare hood. In attributive use, attested since 1922; in noun sClipping of neighborhood; compare hood. In attributive use, attested since 1922; in noun sense “neighborhood”, since 1942; in noun sense “neighborhood theater”, since 1933, originally in New York City.
Clipping of nabemono, from Japanese 鍋物.
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