DIM SUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dim sum mean? 

• DIM SUM (noun)
  The noun DIM SUM has 1 sense:

1. traditional Chinese cuisine; a variety of foods (including several kinds of steamed or fried dumplings) are served successively in small portions

  Familiarity information: DIM SUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIM SUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Traditional Chinese cuisine; a variety of foods (including several kinds of steamed or fried dumplings) are served successively in small portions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("dim sum" is a kind of...):

cuisine; culinary art (the practice or manner of preparing food or the food so prepared)

Domain region:

Cathay; China; Communist China; mainland China; People's Republic of China; PRC; Red China (a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world)