variants
or less commonly kimchee
: a spicy, pungent vegetable dish that consists of one or more pickled and fermented vegetables and especially napa cabbage and radishes with various seasonings (such as garlic, red chili pepper, ginger, scallions, and anchovy paste) and that is the national dish of South Korea
To Koreans, life without "kimchi"—that spicy, fermented pickled vegetable mixture, which accompanies every Korean meal—is unthinkable.—
K. Connie Kang
K. Connie KangKorean buckwheat noodles have more of a kick, often delivered with a little spicy kimchi.—David Tanis
David TanisExamples of kimchi in a Sentence
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After shoppers are finished picking up their kimchi and frog legs, an in-store ice cream shop called Frutopia waits on the other side of the cash registers.
—Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 23 May 2024
The cultural values of taste, creativity and style that create a kimchi or a sauerkraut go on to support distinct microbiomes on those foods and inside the people who eat them.
—Joseph Orkin, Discover Magazine, 20 Apr. 2024
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Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 23 May 2024
The cultural values of taste, creativity and style that create a kimchi or a sauerkraut go on to support distinct microbiomes on those foods and inside the people who eat them.
—Joseph Orkin, Discover Magazine, 20 Apr. 2024
See all Example Sentences for kimchi
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“Kimchi.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kimchi. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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