noun
wok
wok
Wok (noun) means a large, round-bottomed pan used for stir-frying and other East Asian cooking. Example: “She tossed the vegetables quickly in a smoking-hot wok.”
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A large, round-bottomed pan used for stir-frying and other East Asian cooking.
"She tossed the vegetables quickly in a smoking-hot wok."
How to use wok
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe bowl-shaped pan used for stir-fries and similar dishes.
Common pairings
stir-fry in a wok
a hot wok
wok-fried noodles
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Word forms
- Plural
- woks
- Third person singular
- woks
- Past tense
- woked, wokked
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Etymology
Borrowed from Cantonese 鑊 (wok).
Rhymes for wok
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What does “wok” mean?
The word “wok” means a large, round-bottomed pan used for stir-frying and other East Asian cooking. In plain terms, the bowl-shaped pan used for stir-fries and similar dishes.
How do you pronounce “wok”?
“Wok” is pronounced wok (/wɑk/ in IPA).
How do you use “wok” in a sentence?
Here is “wok” used in a sentence: “She tossed the vegetables quickly in a smoking-hot wok.”
What part of speech is “wok”?
“Wok” is a noun.
Where does the word “wok” come from?
The word “wok” comes from Cantonese. Borrowed from Cantonese 鑊 (wok).
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