dim sum

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun dim sum has 1 sense

dim sum(n = noun.food) Array - traditional Chinese cuisine; a variety of foods (including several kinds of steamed or fried dumplings) are served successively in small portions; Array

OXFORD DICTIONARY

dim sum, n. (also dim sim)
1 a meal or course of savoury Cantonese-style snacks.
2 (usu. dim sim) Austral. a dish of Cantonese origin, consisting of steamed or fried meat cooked in thin dough.

Etymology

Cantonese dim-sam, lit. 'dot of the heart'