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toro

toro

1 8.8
A fatty cut of tuna often served as sushi
  • noun
  • /ˈtɔːroʊ/
: toro
  • toro tuna

Examples

  • If pieces of toro are not available, you can always settle for tuna pieces.

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  • If your fishmonger sells toro pieces for cheaper, grab the opportunity to make this dish.

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  • All you need is some cooked rice, green onions, toro, soy sauce, and wasabi.

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  • At the sushi restaurant, I ordered the toro because it's my favorite part of the tuna.

  • Fresh toro is often served as sashimi, emphasizing its rich and fatty texture.

  • The chef recommended trying a piece of toro with a drizzle of soy sauce to enhance its flavor.

Synonyms

tuna
vstoro
254 1.0

A large, fast sea fish often eaten fresh or canned

is a specific fatty cut served raw in sushi or sashimi
bluefin tuna
vstoro
3.9

Meat of a very large sea fish valued for sushi and sashimi

is a fatty cut served raw in sushi or sashimi

Surface Forms

toro singular
toros plural

Etymology

Toro in sushi comes from the Japanese word toro meaning 'fatty' or 'melting', and it names the rich, soft part of the tuna that seems to 'melt' in your mouth. So toro in food means the prized, buttery tuna often served as sushi or sashimi.