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  • noun a Japanese rice bowl dish consisting of fish, meat, vegetables or other ingredients simmered together and served over rice.

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From Japanese  (どんぶり, donburi, "sliced raw fish").

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  • Japanese rice bowl dishes topped with a variety of vegetables and meats. A list unto itself. The serving bowls themselves are also called donburi.

    February 8, 2010