noun ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A portable brazier, powered by charcoal, used for cooking.

   "Her husband [...] crouches over a portable hibachi nearby, making something that smells amazing."

2. 2
   a portable brazier that burns charcoal and has a grill for cooking wordnet
3. 3
   A cooking method and performance art in which the chef grills pieces of food on a hot metal griddle in front of the guests; teppanyaki. This terminology is virtually unknown in Japan. Canada, US
4. 4
   The griddle used in such cuisine; teppan. Canada, US

Verb

1. 1
   cook over a hibachi grill wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

teppanyakiteppanyaki

Example

More examples

"Her husband [...] crouches over a portable hibachi nearby, making something that smells amazing."

Etymology

c. 1870, from Japanese 火鉢 (hibachi, “a charcoal-powered heating brazier”, literally “fire pot”).

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