MISO

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A thick paste made from fermented soybeans and barley or rice malt; used in Japanese cooking to make soups or sauces

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("miso" is a kind of...):

paste; spread (a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in preparing other dishes)

Domain region:

Japan; Nihon; Nippon (a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building)

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