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Definition of "dim sum" []

  • A traditional Chinese cuisine in which small portions of a variety of foods, including an assortment of steamed or fried dumplings, are served in succession. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "dim sum" in a sentence
  • "She also started working part-time as a dim sum server at a popular Hong Kong-style restaurant called Ocean Seafood."
  • "Her husband leaves at seven in the morning for his job as a dim sum chef at a Chinese restaurant in Daly City, just south of San Francisco, while she almost always stays behind, taking care of their two young sons."
  • "A dozen pairs of chopsticks (Rhyme ordered his assistants to lift evidence the way they picked up dim sum at Ming Wa's)."
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