wok
/wɒk
/noun
A bowl-shaped frying pan used typically in Chinese cooking.In a large wok or frying pan heat two tablespoons of oil until smoking....
- Then lightly grill the locusts in a wok or hot frying pan, adding a little oil and salt to taste.
- Thus, a dish of meat and various vegetables stir fried in a wok is not one-pot cookery, because a wok is not a pot.
Origin
Chinese (Cantonese dialect).