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cro​quette
noun
cro·​quette
krō-ˈket

Definition

  • a small often rounded mass consisting usually of minced meat, fish, or vegetable coated with egg and bread crumbs and deep-fried
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
cake cutlet fritter galette patty (also pattie)
Examples
  • //a fish croquette that tasted more of filler than of fish
First Known Use
1706, in the meaning defined above
History and Etymology
French, from croquer to crunch, from Middle French, to strike, break, cause to crack, of imitative origin
croquette
noun

Synonyms

scrub sweep wash wipe
cro​quette
noun
cro·​quette
krō-ˈket

Definition

  • a small often rounded mass consisting usually of minced meat, fish, or vegetable coated with egg and bread crumbs and deep-fried
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
cake cutlet fritter galette patty (also pattie)
Examples
  • //a fish croquette that tasted more of filler than of fish
First Known Use
1706, in the meaning defined above
History and Etymology
French, from croquer to crunch, from Middle French, to strike, break, cause to crack, of imitative origin
croquette
noun

Synonyms

scrub sweep wash wipe
cro​quette
noun
cro·​quette
krō-ˈket

Definition

  • a small often rounded mass consisting usually of minced meat, fish, or vegetable coated with egg and bread crumbs and deep-fried
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
cake cutlet fritter galette patty (also pattie)
Examples
  • //a fish croquette that tasted more of filler than of fish
First Known Use
1706, in the meaning defined above
History and Etymology
French, from croquer to crunch, from Middle French, to strike, break, cause to crack, of imitative origin
croquette
noun

Synonyms