tteok

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean (tteok).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʌk/, /dʌk/
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  • Rhymes: -ʌk
  • Homophones: tuck (one pronunciation), duck (one pronunciation)

Noun

tteok (plural tteoks or tteok)

  1. 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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