kimchi
nounHow to pronounce kimchi:
Definition of kimchi:
- kimchi (noun):
- a spicy, pungent vegetable dish that consists of one or more pickled and fermented vegetables and especially napa cabbage and radishes with various seasonings (such as garlic, red chili pepper, ginger, scallions, and anchovy paste) and that is the national dish of south korea
Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- hailstorm
- dosage
- steppe
- conclude
- svelte
- string bean
- stirring
- remark
- oxide
- Kwanzaa
- godly
- frissons
- amend
- actor
- turning
- thrilling
- Leila
- laureate
- landlord
- forfeit
- widely
- washed-out
- shekel
- refute
- Preston
- live with
- fungal
- flenching
- feudal
- fancied
- cruelty
- carcass's
- trefoil
- Toulouse
- scornful
- misfit
- cremate
- airy
- poky
- fodder
- faecal
- love-struck
- heavens
- friedcake
- critic
- conceive
- callous
- ankles
- accrue
- planning
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