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
Words nearby sushi
susceptibility,
susceptible,
susceptive,
susceptor,
susette,
sushi,
susian,
susiana,
susie,
suslik,
suslov
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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