bento.
A Japanese takeaway lunch served in a box, often with the food arranged into an elaborate design.
Meaning & usage
A Japanese takeaway lunch served in a box, often with the food arranged into an elaborate design.
Synonym of bento box (“a partitioned, traditionally lacquered, lunchbox in which a Japanese takeaway lunch is served”).
A generic meal packed in a disposable bento box.
A menu icon of nine squares in a grid.
A layout consisting of cards arranged in a modular, irregularly partitioned grid.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Japanese 弁(べん)当(とう) (bentō). Doublet of biandang.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.