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udon

[ oo-don ]

noun

, plural u·don.
  1. a thick, white Japanese noodle made from wheat flour, often served in soup.


udon

/ ˈuːdɒn /

noun

  1. (in Japanese cookery) large noodles made of wheat flour
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of udon1

First recorded in 1905–10; from Japanese: literally, “wheat noodle,” from Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese wū dōng (miàn) “udon (noodles)”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of udon1

Japanese
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Example Sentences

Genji smiled slightly, and said: "That is a very great compliment; but the Udon tree does not blossom so easily."

The soba is a sort of vermicelli made of buckwheat, and the udon a kind of macaroni, solid and not in tubes.

To provide for any among them that did not love sweet things we had the soba or the udon brought to us by their vender.

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