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메밀 meaning and pronunciation

memil · buckwheat

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Dictionary entry

NIKL target code 55528
Part of speech: 명사Pronunciation: 메밀Level: Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
  1. 1.

    늦여름부터 초가을 사이에 흰 꽃이 피고, 검은빛의 세모난 열매는 가루를 내어 국수나 묵을 만들어 먹는 곡식.

    English: buckwheat — A crop that blooms white flowers from late summer to early fall, and of which the black triangular fruit is ground and made into noodles or muk, jelly.

    Examples

    • 메밀 막국수.
    • 메밀로 만든 묵.
    • 메밀은 변비와 동맥 경화증을 예방하는 효능이 있다.
    • 아버지는 여름이면 메밀로 만든 막국수를 즐겨 드신다.
    • 차 맛이 참 좋네요. 무슨 차예요?
    • 메밀을 우려내어 만든 차예요.
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