kamaboko

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noun

Any of various processed seafood products made from surimi, in which whitefish is pureed, formed into loaves, and steamed until firm.

Scrabble 20

Meanings

nounkamaboko (usually uncountable, plural kamabokos or kamaboko)

plural kamabokos

  1. uncountableusuallyAny of various processed seafood products made from surimi, in which whitefish is pureed, formed into loaves, and steamed until firm.

    1987, Yanagida et al, Traditional Foods and Their Processing in Asia A representative product of fish meat paste products is kamaboko.

    2 more examples

    Today, kamaboko processed in Hawaii is packaged in polyvinyl film wrappers.

    1966, Institute of Food Technologists, Food Technology

    Some kamabokos were picked up at shops and others were prepared from frozen surimi of Alaska pollack […]

    1987, Oceanic Abstracts (issues 1-2, page 111)

Origin

  1. Japanese蒲鉾
  2. Englishkamaboko

From Japanese 蒲鉾 (kamaboko).

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APA

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

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

Chicago

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

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