kimbap

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Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 김밥 (gimbap), from 김 (gim, “a type of seaweed”) +‎ 밥 (bap, “rice”).

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Noun

kimbap (usually uncountable, plural kimbaps)

  1. A Korean dish of steamed white rice and other ingredients rolled in sheets of dried laver seaweed and served in bite-size slices.
    • 2009 June 3, Julia Moskin, “Ethnic and Affordable”, in New York Times‎:
      First-time visitors to this takeout spot in Koreatown should try the buffet; regulars come for noodles and kimbap, or Korean-style sushi filled with pickled vegetables
    • 2015, Han Kang, translated by Deborah Smith, The Vegetarian, Granta, published 2018, page 12:
      The babbling stream, people spreading out rush mats to sit on, snacking on kimbap.

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