hibachi

[ hi-bah-chee ]

noun

1. a small Japanese-style charcoal brazier covered with a grill, usually used for outdoor cooking.

hibachi

/ hɪˈbɑːtʃɪ /

noun

1. a portable brazier for heating and cooking food

Word History and Origins

Origin of hibachi¹

1860–65; < Japanese, equivalent to hi fire (earlier fi ( y ) < *poi ) +- bachi combining form of hachi pot, earlier fati < Middle Chinese, akin to Chinese bō monk's bowl; perhaps < Pali patta < Sanskrit pā́tra drinking vessel

Word History and Origins

Origin of hibachi¹

from Japanese, from hi fire + bachi bowl

Example Sentences

Then she sat down close to a hibachi, her back against the wall.

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The father filled his pipe, lighted it at the hibachi, and began to smoke, as hundreds more were doing all round them.

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A common plan is to heat the pipehead in the charcoal of the hibachi, and then blow out the refuse.

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That is all—except the smoking-box (hibachi) in the middle of the room, surrounded by kneeling-cushions.

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As if to emphasize it, the hand she had persistently held behind her was thrust forward toward the burning coals in the hibachi.

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