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Definition of "ramen" []

  • A Japanese dish of noodles in broth, often garnished with small pieces of meat and vegetables. (noun)
  • A thin white noodle served in this dish. (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 "ramen" in a sentence
  • "The Ramen Totto ramen is supposedly organic and will be testing out chicken-based soup stock — to be expected from the Totto chain and especially delightful for someone with pork allergies like myself!"
  • "The Hakata Ramen consists of a pork bone broth topped with simmered pork slices, black mushrooms, red ginger, scallions and plenty of ultra thin ramen noodles."
  • "Call it hnau or call it ramen; we ought not to assume that “our common humanity” has some special moral status."