"chow mein bun" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: chow mein buns [plural]
Etymology: chow mein + bun. Coined in the 1930s, having been invented in Massachusetts, and then spread throughout North America's Americanized Chinese cuisine culture, and Americanized Jewish culture. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|chow mein|bun}} chow mein + bun Head templates: {{en-noun|head=chow mein bun}} chow mein bun (plural chow mein buns)
  1. (US, Canada, cooking) A Chinese-American food, a hamburger bun filled with chow mein and slathered with a brown sauce. Tags: Canada, US Categories (topical): Cooking Hypernyms: sandwich
    Sense id: en-chow_mein_bun-en-noun-c8Q96fOh Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle

Inflected forms

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