noun
gim
jihm
noun
1
Dried edible seaweed used in Korean cooking, often as thin toasted sheets.
"She wrapped the rice in a sheet of gim before rolling the gimbap."
How to Use Gim
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe Korean word for the seaweed sheets used to make rice rolls like gimbap; similar to Japanese nori.
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Etymology
From the Korean word 김 (gim).