hibachi
/hɪˈbatʃi
/ /ˈhɪbətʃi /noun (plural hibachis)
1A portable cooking apparatus similar to a small barbecue.Never use a hibachi or barbecue grill inside a home, vehicle, or garage....
- The griddle-tossed meats and vegetables typical of hibachi cooking can all end up tasting pretty much the same.
- Place some chocolate fondue into a small hibachi and drizzle with white chocolate.
1.1(In Japan) a large earthenware pan or brazier in which charcoal is burnt to provide indoor heating.I got an armchair and a desk and an electric fire, for the hibachi is cold comfort in the winter.
Origin
Mid 19th century: Japanese hibachi, hi-hachi, from hi 'fire' + hachi 'bowl, pot'.
Rhymes
- you-alls
- you and whose army?
- you and yours
- you are welcome
- you bet
- you betcha
- you (can) bet your boots
- you (can) bet your bottom dollar
- you (can) catch more flies with honey than (with) vinegar
- you can lead (or take) a horse to water but you can't make him drink
- you can say that again!
- you can't get a quart into a pint pot
- you can't have your cake and eat it (too)
- you can't judge a book by its cover
- you can't keep a good man (or woman) down
- you can't lose
- you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
- you can't make bricks without straw
- you can't (or can) talk (you shouldn't or should talk)
- you can't put an old head on young shoulders
- you can't teach an old dog new tricks
- you can't win them all (or win some, lose some)
- you could have fooled me!
- you could have knocked me (or her, him, etc.) down with a feather
- you couldn't make it up