Cutlet

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A thin slice of meat, usually fried.
  2. 2
    thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled wordnet
  3. 3
    A chop, a specific piece of meat (especially pork, chicken, or beef) cut from the side of an animal.
  4. 4
    A piece of fish that has been cut perpendicular to the spine, rather than parallel (as with a fillet); often synonymous with steak.
  5. 5
    A prawn or shrimp with its head and outer shell removed, leaving only the flesh and tail.
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  1. 6
    A mash of vegetables (usually potatoes) fried with bread.

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Example

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"I had bean soup and cutlet for dinner."

Etymology

From French côtelette (recorded in English since 1706), from Middle French costelette (“little rib”), from coste + -elette, from Old French coste (“rib, side”), from Latin costa. Influenced by English cut, as if from cut + -let. Doublet of kotlet and kotleta.

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