pad thai

noun

often capitalized T
: a Thai dish consisting of rice noodles stir-fried usually with any of various additional ingredients (such as bean sprouts, peanuts, chicken, shrimp, and egg)

Examples of pad thai in a Sentence

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Pad Thai Goong Mae Nam Not your standard takeout pad thai. Jenn Rice, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025 Try the Southern-style pad thai topped with a puffy omelet and don’t skip the coconut ice cream for dessert. Sunday: Bites, hikes and little pigs Fuel up this morning at Little King Coffee, a year-old hot spot with ties to the Companion Hospitality folks. Amber Turpin, The Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2025 For customers, especially families, each store offers a wide variety of options where, for example, one person can order pad thai and another a burger. Phoebe Liu, Forbes, 8 Feb. 2025 Insider tip Take a break from the soaking with pad thai at restaurant hotel Baan Ploen Chi. Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 7 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pad thai

Word History

Etymology

Thai phàd thaj, literally, Thai stir-fried mixture

First Known Use

1978, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of pad thai was in 1978

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“Pad thai.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pad%20thai. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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