: a doughlike mass made from cooked and pounded glutinous rice used in Japan as an unbaked pastry
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Kin Bakeshop, 199 South Turnpike Road, Unit 103, in Santa Barbara, is known for its Asian-style mochi and brioche doughnuts in unique flavors including mango sticky rice and Thai tea.
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Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 6 June 2025
Just when guests thought the feast was over, plates of a chocolate mousse bomb were brought out onto the tables with a surprise selection of mochi balls in flavors of coconut, strawberry and mango.
—Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 6 June 2025
There were no machines for making mochi at scale in the UK.
—Lela London, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
The bite: The Lam family’s CA Bakehouse in Little Saigon makes the guava and banana mochi cakes ($3.50).
—John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2025
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Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 6 June 2025
Just when guests thought the feast was over, plates of a chocolate mousse bomb were brought out onto the tables with a surprise selection of mochi balls in flavors of coconut, strawberry and mango.
—Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 6 June 2025
There were no machines for making mochi at scale in the UK.
—Lela London, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
The bite: The Lam family’s CA Bakehouse in Little Saigon makes the guava and banana mochi cakes ($3.50).
—John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for mochi
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“Mochi.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mochi. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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