noodles

UK/ˈnuːd(ə)lz/US/ˈnuːd(ə)lz/

nounA2+Common in everyday speech and writing · #3,329 of 15,258leans spoken

Noodles are long soft strips of dough, served in bowls across Asia. A bowl of noodles, instant noodles, fry the noodles.

Wheat, rice, buckwheat and mung bean all make them, and the alkaline water in ramen noodles is what gives them their springiness and yellow colour. The oldest ones found are four thousand years old, from China. Note that the word is usually plural.

Definitions of noodles

1nounnoodlesLong soft strips of dough eaten in a broth or fried.A2+
“He slurped a big bowl of noodles in chicken soup.”

noodles is a food.

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noodles in the wild

Italian noodles are generally referred to as pasta.
Noodle
Soba are Japanese noodles made from buckwheat flour, with varying amounts of wheat flour mixed in.
Soba
In Japan, soba noodles can be found at fast food venues like standing-up-eating to expensive specialty restaurants.
Soba
Instant noodles are often sold in two (or more) versions accordingly.
Udon
There are numerous types of pancit, often named based on the noodles used, method of cooking, place of origin or the ingredients.
Pancit

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