: a Chinese dish consisting of sliced vegetables, soft noodles, and usually meat or shrimp in bite-size pieces stir-fried in a seasoned sauce ; also : the noodles used in lo mein
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/loh" mayn"/
a Chinese dish of thin noodles stir-fried with vegetables and usu. meat or shrimp.
[1970-75; < dial. Chin: stirred noodles]
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/ˈloʊˈmeın/ noun [noncount]
: a combination of soft noodles, vegetables, and usually meat or shrimp that is served in Chinese restaurants in the U.S. — compare ↑chow mein
Useful english dictionary. 2012.