donburi

   or don

(JAPAN)

   bowl of boiled rice with different toppings like chicken, egg or beef

   either a china bowl or a bowl of rice topped with some combination of meat or vegetables. Gyudon (beef bowl) and tendon (tempura bowl) are two of the more popular styles of donburi.

   ♦ Bowl of rice covered with meat and eggs (as in Oyakodon, Katsudon, Gyuudon, or Soborodon), vegetable (as in Tendon), fish (as in Magurodon) or seafood (as in Kaisendon, or Tendon)

   ♦ Oversized rice bowls are called donburi, also a donburi meal is a big bowl full of hot steamed rice with various savory toppings:

   ♦ A type of large bowl; dishes that end in "-don" are served in a this type of bowl and feature a topping on a bed of rice