First Known Use: 1962
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yakitori
noun ya·ki·to·ri \ˌyä-ki-ˈtȯr-ē\
Definition of YAKITORI
: bite-size marinated pieces of beef, seafood, or chicken on skewers
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Origin of YAKITORI
Japanese, grilled chicken, from yaki broil, roast + tori bird
Rhymes with YAKITORI
a priori, allegory, amatory, auditory, bedtime story, cacciatore, castratory, category, con amore, cover story, crematory, damnatory, decretory, dilatory, dormitory, excretory, expletory, feudatory, fumitory, Göteborg, gustatory, gyratory, horror story, hortatory, hunky-dory, inventory, laudatory, lavatory, mandatory, migratory, minatory, monitory, Montessori, morning glory, nugatory, offertory, oratory, overstory, piscatory, precatory, predatory, prefatory, probatory, promissory, promontory, purgatory, repertory, Ruwenzori, signatory, statutory, sudatory, territory, transitory, understory, vibratory, vomitory
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