Definition of "soba" [soba]

• A Japanese noodle made with buckwheat flour. (noun)

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• "The Japanese use the term soba to describe any thin noodle that’s not udon."
• "The cold soba is the best — it includes dipping sauce, scallions, wasabi, which is turned into a soup at the end of yr meal."
• "It's the main ingredient in Japanese soba noodles, and some Eastern Europeans eat buckwheat grouts -- the hulled seeds of the buckwheat plant -- in a side dish called kasha."