/kim"chee/ , n.
Korean Cookery. a spicy pickled or fermented mixture containing cabbage, onions, and sometimes fish, variously seasoned, as with garlic, horseradish, red peppers, and ginger.
Also, kimchee .
[ 1895-1900; kimch'i, hypercorrection of cimch'i, earlier timchoy chén steeped + cày vegetables ]