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Word entry · 6 letters

kimchi

Best crossword clue

"Korean pickle"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersSorted chiikmStarts with KEnds with I1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Korean fermented vegetable dish, often spicy.

Word origin

Borrowed from Korean 김치 (gimchi), ultimately composed within Korea of Chinese-derived morphemes 沉 (MC drim, “submerged, soaked”) and 菜 (MC tshojH, “vegetable”), i.e. "fermented vegetable". Doublet of kimuchi.

Used in a sentence

  • "Yeah." He gestured to the kimchi. "Well, get it in ya, then." "It's better hot." she said.
  • Despite the stew’s debt to kimchi, you know it has come into its own when it’s served with kimchi as a side dish.
  • How did I know the kimchis were trying to smuggle the crate out of Japan?

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