patty of meat

  • 11patty — /pat ee/, n., pl. patties. 1. any item of food covered with dough, batter, etc., and fried or baked: oyster patties. 2. a thin, round piece of ground or minced food, as of meat or the like: a hamburger patty. 3. a thin, round piece, as of candy:… …

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  • 12patty — noun A flattened portion of ground meat, usually round but sometimes square in shape. The cook fried the hamburger patty then put it in a sandwich …

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  • 13patty — noun Patty is used after these nouns: ↑beef, ↑cow, ↑meat, ↑sausage …

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  • 14patty — pat|ty [ˈpæti] n plural patties [Date: 1600 1700; : French; Origin: pâté; PÂTÉ] small, flat pieces of cooked meat or other food ▪ a beef patty …

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  • 15patty — pat|ty [ pæti ] noun count a flat round food made by pressing small pieces of meat, fish, etc. together and cooking them: an all beef patty …

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  • 16patty — noun plural patties (C) 1 especially AmE small, flat pieces of cooked meat or other food: a hamburger patty 2 BrE dialect a pasty …

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  • 17patty — pat•ty [[t]ˈpæt i[/t]] n. pl. ties 1) coo a thin, round piece of ground or minced food, as of meat or the like: a hamburger patty[/ex] 2) coo a thin, round piece, as of candy 3) coo a little pie; pasty • Etymology: 1700–10; alter. of pâté,… …

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  • 18patty shell — noun Date: 1909 a shell of puff pastry made to hold a creamed meat, fish, or vegetable filling …

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  • 19patty shell — a cup shaped shell of light, flaky pastry, for serving vegetable, fish, or meat mixtures, usually with a sauce. [1905 10, Amer.] * * * …

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  • 20patty — noun (plural patties) 1》 a small flat cake of minced food, especially meat. 2》 a small pie or pasty. 3》 N. Amer. a thin circular chocolate covered peppermint sweet. Origin C17: alt. of Fr. pâté, by assoc. with pasty1 …

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