bento

[ ben-toh; Japanese ben-taw ]

/ ˈbɛn toʊ; Japanese ˈbɛn tɔ /

noun, plural ben·tos; Japanese ben·to.Japanese Cooking.

a meal, usually served in a lacquered or elaborately decorated box that is divided into sections for holding individual portions of food.

Also called obento.

Origin of bento

<Japanese bentō, probably <Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese bān manage, provide + dāng apply, i.e., provision for an eat-out meal

Words nearby bento

benthos, Bentinck, bentiromide, bentiromide test, Bentley, bento, Benton, Benton Harbor, bentonite, bentonite flocculation test, bent out of shape

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Example sentences from the Web for bento

I sat down in the tea-house on the soft mats, and my bento—Japanese lunch—was served to me on a tiny table.
Alone with the Hairy Ainu|A. H. Savage Landor
For example, in the ordinary 25-sen bento (lunch) box there are three or four different kinds of pickles.
The Foundations of Japan|J.W. Robertson Scott
About this time several windows in the car went up, and many voices took up the cry of "Bento."
The Honorable Percival|Alice Hegan Rice
On the railway one is well catered for by the provision of bento (lunch) boxes, sold on the platforms of stations.
The Foundations of Japan|J.W. Robertson Scott

All the same, after two days he bids his wife get out his best hakama and haouri, and to make up his bento for a journey.
Japanese Fairy Tales|Grace James

British Dictionary definitions for bento

bento

bento box

/ (ˈbɛntəʊ) /

noun plural -tos

a thin box, made of plastic or lacquered wood, divided into compartments which contain small separate dishes comprising a Japanese meal, esp lunch

Word Origin for bento

Japanese bentō box lunch

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单词	bento
释义	bento [ ben-toh; Japanese ben-taw ] / ˈbɛn toʊ; Japanese ˈbɛn tɔ / noun, plural ben·tos; Japanese ben·to.Japanese Cooking. a meal, usually served in a lacquered or elaborately decorated box that is divided into sections for holding individual portions of food. Also called obento. Origin of bento <Japanese bentō, probably <Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese bān manage, provide + dāng apply, i.e., provision for an eat-out meal Words nearby bento benthos, Bentinck, bentiromide, bentiromide test, Bentley, bento, Benton, Benton Harbor, bentonite, bentonite flocculation test, bent out of shape Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for bento I sat down in the tea-house on the soft mats, and my bento—Japanese lunch—was served to me on a tiny table. Alone with the Hairy Ainu\|A. H. Savage Landor For example, in the ordinary 25-sen bento (lunch) box there are three or four different kinds of pickles. The Foundations of Japan\|J.W. Robertson Scott About this time several windows in the car went up, and many voices took up the cry of "Bento." The Honorable Percival\|Alice Hegan Rice On the railway one is well catered for by the provision of bento (lunch) boxes, sold on the platforms of stations. The Foundations of Japan\|J.W. Robertson Scott All the same, after two days he bids his wife get out his best hakama and haouri, and to make up his bento for a journey. Japanese Fairy Tales\|Grace James British Dictionary definitions for bento bento bento box / (ˈbɛntəʊ) / noun plural -tos a thin box, made of plastic or lacquered wood, divided into compartments which contain small separate dishes comprising a Japanese meal, esp lunch Word Origin for bento Japanese bentō box lunch Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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