tteok
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Korean 떡 (tteok).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʌk/, /dʌk/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ʌk
- Homophones: tuck (one pronunciation), duck (one pronunciation)
Noun
tteok (plural tteoks or tteok)
- A type of sweet cake from Korea, made from rice flour.
- 2022 October 4, Nikita Richardson, “Rice Cakes, Rice Rolls, Rice Sweets”, in The New York Times[1]:
- But my eye was immediately drawn to the add-on: country ham with tteok and honey.
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Translations
a type of sweet cake from Korea, made from rice flour