spam musubi

English

Alternative forms

Spam musubi, SPAM musubi

Etymology

From spam + musubi, from Japanese 結び (musubi, “rice ball”).

Noun

spam musubi (countable and uncountable, plural spam musubi or spam musubis)

1. (cooking) A food, common in Hawaii, made of cooked spam tied to a block of rice with nori, differing from sushi in that the rice is not vinegared.

Translations

a food of spam, rice and nori

• Japanese: スパム結び (supamu musubi)