Dictionary
ben•to
Pronunciation: (ben'tō; Japn. ben'tô), [key]—
n.,
—pl. -tos; Japn. -to.
Japanese Cookery.
a meal, usually served in a lacquered or elaborately decorated box that is divided into sections for holding individual portions of food. Also called
obento. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.