nori
/ˈnɔː.ri/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈnɔːr.i/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈnō-rē ˈnȯr-ē/ (ame, mw)
nori — noun
1. a Japanese food made from edible seaweed that has been dried into flat pieces. P
a Japanese food made from edible seaweed that has been dried into flat pieces. People use it to wrap rice dishes or break it into small bits to add flavor to food.
Hoa cut a sheet of nori into strips for the noodle soup.
pattern: a sheet of nori
Imran wrapped warm rice and tuna in nori before packing lunch.
collocation: wrap rice in nori
At the snack shop, Astrid bought roasted nori with sesame salt.
The cook crumbled nori over the ramen to add a salty taste.
Rodrigo learned that nori starts as seaweed before it is dried.
- laver
a cooking or botanical term for the seaweed used to make nori, but less common in everyday English
- dried seaweed
a broader plain-English phrase that can refer to nori and other edible seaweeds
用法筆記
Nori is usually uncountable when you mean the ingredient in general. To talk about one unit, say "a sheet of nori" or "a piece of nori," not "a nori."