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won·ton

also won ton (wŏn′tŏn′)

A noodle-dough dumpling filled typically with spiced minced pork or other ground meat, usually boiled in soup or fried and eaten as a side dish.

[Cantonese wan4 tan1, from Middle Chinese xɦuntɦun (also the source of Mandarin húntún).]

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Noun	1.	wonton - a Chinese dumpling filled with spiced minced pork; usually served in soup won ton dumpling, dumplings - small balls or strips of boiled or steamed dough
	2.	wonton - a soup with won ton dumplings wonton soup, won ton soup - liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food

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