bento box

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bento box

/ˈbɛntəʊ ˌbɒks/ UK
/ˈbɛnˌtoʊ ˌbɑks/ US

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From bento + box. Bento is borrowed from Japanese 弁(べん)当(とう) (bentō, “food to be eaten on the go; takeaway lunch served in a box”).

noun bento boxes · bentō box

A partitioned, traditionally lacquered, lunchbox in which a bento (“Japanese takeaway lunch”) is served. My heart was filled with covetousness as I saw the fine old lacquer bento boxes which they produced after carefully removing many silk wrappings.
Similar: bento
Synonym of bento (“a Japanese takeaway lunch served in a box”). [M]arvelous vegetable sushi—slivers of cucumber and carrot and threads of ginger rolled in cooked rice, then in leaves of seaweed and dusted with roasted white sesame seeds—which I ate one evening at Anzu, a restaurant that serves, to Dallas's satisfaction, its bento boxes with a Texas twang.
Similar: bento

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noun partitioned lunchbox in which a bento is served

한국어	도시락 통 dosirak tong
日本語	弁当箱 bentōbako, お弁当箱 obentōbako
中文	便當盒 /便当盒 biàndānghé

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@misc{bento_box_2026,
  title = {bento box},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bento%20box},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}