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soba

soba

1 5.9
A plant whose seeds are used as a grain and to make flour
  • noun
  • /ˈsoʊbə/
translation icon : trigo sarraceno
  • While they drank their tea, she stood at the counter and rolled out dark, speckled soba dough.
  • buckwheat soba
  • soba noodles

Examples

  • In Japan, soba noodles are often served chilled with a dipping sauce during the summer.

  • She ordered a bowl of hot soba to warm herself on a cold day.

  • At the festival, there was a stall selling freshly made soba noodles, drawing a large crowd.

Synonyms

buckwheat
vssoba
3 4.1

A seed people grind into flour for making pancakes, noodles, or porridge

is the specific seed form used mainly in Japanese cooking for noodles
food grain
vssoba
1 2.3

A small dry seed from plants like wheat or rice that people eat

is a noncereal seed used mainly in Japanese cooking

Surface Forms

soba singular
soba plural

Etymology

Soba is also the Japanese name for the buckwheat plant and its seeds, which are ground into flour for the noodles. That is why soba can mean the grain, the flour, or the noodles made from it.