hibachi

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noun

A portable brazier, powered by charcoal, used for cooking.

OriginJapanese 火鉢 →
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Meanings

nounhibachi (plural hibachis or hibachi)

plural hibachis

  1. A portable brazier, powered by charcoal, used for cooking.

    Her husband [...] crouches over a portable hibachi nearby, making something that smells amazing.

    2020, N. K. Jemisin, The City We Became, Orbit, page 431
  2. CanadaUSA cooking method and performance art in which the chef grills pieces of food on a hot metal griddle in front of the guests; teppanyaki.
  3. CanadaUSThe griddle used in such cuisine; teppan.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
teppanyaki

Origin

  1. Japanese火鉢“a charcoal-powered heating brazier”
  2. Englishhibachi

c. 1870, from Japanese 火鉢 (hibachi, “a charcoal-powered heating brazier”, literally “fire pot”).

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APA

hibachi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hibachi

MLA

“hibachi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hibachi. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hibachi,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hibachi.

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