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Bento

//ˈbɛntəʊ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A Japanese takeaway lunch served in a box, often with the food arranged into an elaborate design. also, attributive
  2. 2
    Synonym of bento box (“a partitioned, traditionally lacquered, lunchbox in which a Japanese takeaway lunch is served”).
  3. 3
    A generic meal packed in a disposable bento box. Singapore, broadly

    "Typical Singaporean lunch bento wolved down in 5 minutes"

  4. 4
    A menu icon of nine squares in a grid.
  5. 5
    A layout consisting of cards arranged in a modular, irregularly partitioned grid.

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 弁(べん)当(とう) (bentō). Doublet of biandang.

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