sushi

[ soo-shee ]
/ ˈsu ʃi /

noun Japanese Cookery.

cold boiled rice moistened with rice vinegar, usually shaped into bite-size pieces and topped with raw seafood (nigiri-zushi) or formed into a long seaweed-wrapped roll, often around strips of vegetable or raw fish, and sliced into bite-size pieces (maki-zushi).
Compare sashimi.

Origin of sushi

1895–1900; < literary Japanese: literally, it is sour

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British Dictionary definitions for sushi

sushi
/ (ˈsuːʃɪ) /

noun

a Japanese dish consisting of small cakes of cold rice with a topping esp of raw fish

Word Origin for sushi

from Japanese