sushi

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su·shi /ˈsuːʃi/ noun [uncountable]   DFFa Japanese dish that consists of small cakes of cooked rice served with raw fish 寿司 →4  See picture of 见图 sushi

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sushi• It is actually the way Californians eat sushi, as well.• In the fashionable Recoleta district of Buenos Aires, the latest craze is sushi.• That's a lot of sushi for the price.• I generally think of sushi as bite-sized, but at Sushi-Cho you need a big mouth to eat your sushi without embarrassment.• And that, land-farers, is the catch of the day on sushi.• Or sushi in the refrigerator case of every Safeway.• The trouble is his background keeps coming back to haunt him like last night's sushi.• The salmon sushi and the yellowtail sashimi are likely to melt in your mouth, so pay close attention.Origin sushi (1800-1900) Japanese

su·shi nounChineseSyllable  

consists of cakes Japanese of that small dish a Corpus

sushi
su‧shi /ˈsuːʃi/ noun [uncountable]
a Japanese dish that consists of small cakes of cooked rice served with raw fish

sushiBrE /ˈsuːʃi/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsuːʃi/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] a Japanese dish of small cakes of cold cooked rice, flavoured with vinegar and served with raw fish, etc. on top 寿司（日本食物，小糕饼状冷米饭配生鱼片等）◆a sushi bar寿司店