noun
wok
wok
noun
1
A large, round-bottomed pan used for stir-frying and other East Asian cooking.
"She tossed the vegetables quickly in a smoking-hot wok."
How to Use Wok
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe bowl-shaped pan used for stir-fries and similar dishes.
Common pairings
stir-fry in a wok
a hot wok
wok-fried noodles
Word Forms
woked past tense, wokked past tense, woks plural, woks singular
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Etymology
Borrowed from Cantonese 鑊 (wok).