soba

noun

so·​ba ˈsō-bə How to pronounce soba (audio)
: a Japanese noodle made from buckwheat flour

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Start with cooked, drained, and rinsed soba noodles. Hana Asbrink, Bon Appetit Magazine, 16 Aug. 2025 Eat your fill of soba noodles at Azumaya Soba, an Iwate prefecture staple for over a century. Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 8 Aug. 2025 Pro Tip: Loudly slurping your soba noodles or ramen is, surprisingly enough, socially acceptable. Michelle Gross, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025 These activities, often held in collaboration with local artisans, range from foraging edible ferns and making soba noodles to visiting a soy brewery and attending a tea ceremony. Elena Valeriote, AFAR Media, 3 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for soba

Word History

Etymology

Japanese

First Known Use

circa 1896, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of soba was circa 1896

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“Soba.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soba. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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