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wok
(wŏk)n.
A metal pan shaped like a shallow bowl, used especially for frying and steaming in East Asian cooking.
[Cantonese wok6, from Middle Chinese xɦuak (also the source of Mandarin huò).]
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wok
(wɒk)n
(Cookery) a large metal Chinese cooking pot having a curved base like a bowl and traditionally with a wooden handle
[from Chinese (Cantonese)]
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wok
(wɒk)n.
a large bowl-shaped cooking pan used for stir-frying, steaming, etc.
[1950–55; < dial. Chinese (Guangdong) wohk pan = Chinese huo]
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wok
- Derives from a Cantonese word meaning "pan."See also related terms for pan.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() cooking pan, pan - cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel |
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中華鍋
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wok
n (Cook) → Wok m
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[wɒk] n → wok m inv padella concava usata nella cucina cineseCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995