bento
nounUK /ˈbɛntəʊ/ · US /ˈbɛnˌtoʊ/
Etymology Borrowed from Japanese 弁(べん)当(とう) (bentō). Doublet of biandang.
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Also A Japanese takeaway lunch served in a box, often with the food arranged into an elaborate design.
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Synonym of bento box (“a partitioned, traditionally lacquered, lunchbox in which a Japanese takeaway lunch is served”).
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Singapore, Broadly A generic meal packed in a disposable bento box.
- Typical Singaporean lunch bento wolved down in 5 minutes2020, Chan Joon Yee, Not Quite Over The Hill: Swinging My Way to 60 and Beyond, Dewdrop Books:
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Computing, Engineering, Graphical user interface, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A menu icon of nine squares in a grid.
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Computing, Engineering, Graphical user interface, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A layout consisting of cards arranged in a modular, irregularly partitioned grid.
- Derived terms
- bento box