From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishwokwok /wɒk $ wɑːk/ noun [countable] DFUa wide pan shaped like a bowl, used in Chinese cooking
Examples from the Corpus
wok• Heat a wok or large frying pan until hot.• Heat wok, add 3 tablespoons oil.• Stir into liquid remaining in wok.• Place in a hot heavy-based pan or wok and cook until lightly browned, stirring occasionally.• To cook quail, pour oil to a depth of at least 1 inch into a heavy-bottomed frying pan or wok.• To cook the crab sauce: Heat the wok and add the oil.• Pour off the oil, leaving two tablespoons in the wok.Origin wok (1900-2000) Chinese 