Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A Japanese dish of noodles in broth, often garnished with small pieces of meat and vegetables.
- n. A thin white noodle served in this dish.
Wiktionary
Etymologies
- From Japanese ラーメン (rāmen), from Mandarin 拉麵 / 拉面 (lāmiàn, "pulled noodles"). (Wiktionary)
- Japanese rāmen, from Chinese (Mandarin) lā miàn, pulled noodles : lā, pull + miàn, noodle. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The Ramen Totto ramen is supposedly organic and will be testing out chicken-based soup stock — to be expected from the Totto chain and especially delightful for someone with pork allergies like myself!”
“The Hakata Ramen consists of a pork bone broth topped with simmered pork slices, black mushrooms, red ginger, scallions and plenty of ultra thin ramen noodles.”
“Call it hnau or call it ramen; we ought not to assume that “our common humanity” has some special moral status.”
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“May be ramen would be similar to the Chinese noodle not only the food but also the word ramen itself which is the Chinese writing ramen (冷面).”
“Aug 25th, 2006 at 5: 27 pm riceman ramen is not the only thing good at menkui-tei. highly recommend the fried rice or the curry rice!”
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“Not only was the soup pot less crowded, I was able to make nice slices - the same way cha shu pork is served in Japanese ramen shops.”
“In the United States, the Hakata-style ramen from the Japanese city of Fukuoka is one of the most popular, with pork bones cooked for a long time over high heat, causing the marrow to be released.”
“The "ramen" in "ramen profitable" refers to instant ramen, which is just about the cheapest food available.”
“6 Comments nycgirl918: the Tonkotsu ramen is definitely the best way to go, esp when you are sick, nothing soothes the soul better …”
“The Hakata Ramen features ultra thin ramen noodles in a rich pork bone broth that is cooked for so long that it actually turns white and the addition of julienned pickled ginger nicely cuts the broth’s richness and complements the other ingredients such as sliced pork, black mushrooms, and scallions.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘ramen’.
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The Pasta Master
My favourite is potato
gnocchi,interesting that lists
devoted to pasta exclusively
missed pasta puttanesca,those who
really textually mine dictionaries
would not miss...manicotti, spaggers, stelline, spaghettini, spag, linguine, fettuccine, penne, rigatoni, mezzani, zita, spaghetti and 391 more...
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Yazhinni Spelling bee
tongue, stallion, scruple, salinity, schedule, rouge, populist, Permian, perspire, pasteurize, multitude, mournful and 227 more...
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food collection
bread, peel, pot, chorizo, Filet, olive, fill, Phyllo, dough, bake, mat, pinot and 988 more...
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Vendance Is Mine
Vot? Stuff dispensed from vending machines. Don't ask vhy.
p.s. Generic, no brand names please.bubblegum, soft drinks, cigarettes, coffee, muesli bars, phone cards, stale peanuts, chicken salad san..., cheeseburger, peanut butter coo..., an original work ..., amaretto-flavored... and 62 more...
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Pasta la Vista
Because John's and colleen's and Lampbane's lists are their own, and they're such pasta hogs I have to make sure I get some for myself. :)
Includes noodles and other noodle-based items...zituane, rotini, rigati, marziani, salamini, fagioletti, eliche grandi, eliche, elefante, rotellini, rotelli, ziti and 296 more...
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Interesting Foods
smelt, sprat, caviar, sushi, papadum, garlic naan, injera, doro wat, miso, pho, edamame, tataki and 170 more...
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mccaff's Words
schadenfreude, defenestration, monogamous, epipsychidion, chintz, befall, brouhaha, shenanigans, hooligans, lambasted, servitude, portcullis and 113 more...
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Favorite Five-Letter Words
Just what it sounds like. My favorites. Five letters.
ennui, barfy, samba, schwa, beefy, chunk, queef, spasm, skulk, bowel, elbow, fruit and 235 more...
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Use Your Noodle
I love pasta, in all its numerous forms.
spaghetti, ravioli, mostaccioli, tortellini, vermicelli, lo mein, ramen, ziti, lasagna, linguine, fettuccine, macaroni and 5 more...
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cloudtrail's Good Eats
whole milk, tea, bread, honey, butter, jam, meatloaf, shortbread, cranberry juice, baked apples, gingersnaps, lentil soup and 12 more...
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Groceries
I list everything else. Why the hell not?
artichoke hearts, ceci beans, ramen, zucchini, green beans, broccoli, carrots, onions, canned tomatoes (..., tomato paste, dark red kidney b..., black beans and 78 more...
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soup words
soup words
gazpacho, minestrone, consomme, avgolemono, chowder, bouillabaisse, borscht, bouillon, mulligatawny, vichyssoise, albondigas, bisque and 47 more...
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Japan
Words associated with Japan or japanese.
kanji, kana, hiragana, katakana, harakiri, sudoku, pillow book, heian, lady-in-waiting, sakura, doll festival, nori and 22 more...
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Speaker for the Dead
varelse, ramen, framling, utlanning, descolada, stark, pequeninos
Tweets
Looking for tweets for ramen.
tbtabby Ramen! Mar 9, 2009
reesetee Unless it's spaghetti casserole. And then it really doesn't exfoliate well at all. Plus it doesn't taste good. Aug 7, 2007
chained_bear Also, dried spaghetti doesn't come in square or rectangular cakes..... Or... it *shouldn't*, anyhow. Aug 7, 2007
reesetee Sure beats dried spaghetti. Too rough. Aug 6, 2007
uselessness I wonder if bouillon has exfoliating properties... ;-) Aug 6, 2007
john I first read the "soup" below as "soap" and got confused, imagining uselessness scrubbing away with blocks of dried fried noodles. Aug 6, 2007
uselessness Also, a tasty and ridiculously inexpensive soup. Aug 6, 2007
abraxaszugzwang Ramen (singular raman) are strangers from another species who are capable of communication and peaceful coexistence with humanity, even if they do not pursue the latter. We are able to exchange ideas with "ramen", but would have little or no common ground with them, at least not initially. Aug 3, 2007