Meanings
nountemaki (uncountable)
- uncountableA type of sushi in the form of a cone.
Two years ago, the chefs Taka Sakaeda and Jihan Lee, with their partner, the operations director Lisa Limb, established a branch of this restaurant in the West Village, an elegantly spare, pale space specializing in temaki, the open hand rolls.
2021 October 5, Florence Fabricant, “Nami Nori Branches Out With a Williamsburg Space”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Japanese手巻き
- Japanese手巻き
- Englishtemaki
Borrowed from Japanese 手巻き (temaki).
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APA
temaki. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/temaki
MLA
“temaki.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/temaki. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “temaki,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/temaki.
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