Hibachi

noun

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

Etymology

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

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