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hi·ba·chi
(hĭ-bä′chē)n. pl. hi·ba·chis
A portable charcoal-burning brazier with a grill, used chiefly for cooking.
[Japanese : hi, fire + -bachi, combining form of hachi, bowl (from Middle Chinese pat, Buddhist monk's begging bowl (also the source of Mandarin bō, from Sanskrit pātram, cup, bowl; see pō(i)- in Indo-European roots).]
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hibachi
(hɪˈbɑːtʃɪ)n
(Cookery) a portable brazier for heating and cooking food
[from Japanese, from hi fire + bachi bowl]
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hi•ba•chi
(hɪˈbɑ tʃi)n., pl. -chis.
a small charcoal brazier covered with a grill.
[1860–65; < Japanese, =hi fire + -bachi, comb. form of hachi pot (earlier fati < Middle Chinese, akin to Chinese bō monk's bowl, perhaps < Pali patta < Skt patra drinking vessel)]
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hibachi
A Japanese word meaning fire bowl, used for a portable brazier used in cooking.
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Noun | 1. | hibachi - a portable brazier that burns charcoal and has a grill for cooking |
Verb | 1. | hibachi - cook over a hibachi grill cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" grill - cook over a grill; "grill the sausages" |
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