charcuterie

[ shahr-koo-tuh-ree, shahr-koo-tuh-ree; French shar-kytuh-ree ]

noun

, plural char·cu·te·ries [shahr-koo-t, uh, -, reez, shahr-, koo, -t, uh, -reez, sh, a, r, -k, y, t, uh, -, ree].

1. cooked, processed, or cured cold meats and meat products, originally and typically pork products, as sausages, pâtés, hams, etc.
2. a store where these products are sold.

charcuterie

/ ʃɑːˈkuːtəriː /

noun

1. cooked cold meats
2. a shop selling cooked cold meats

Word History and Origins

Origin of charcuterie¹

1855–60; < French; Middle French chaircuterie, equivalent to chaircut ( ier ) charcutier + -erie -ery

Word History and Origins

Origin of charcuterie¹

French

Example Sentences

You planned this cute little get together last week, and already bought allll that good good charcuterie.

From Eater

Big Swig’s four-hour tours, offered year-round, include tastings at three different brewery stops and a charcuterie platter.

From Outside Online

You’ll never top the 200-pound meat that was suspended on a crane over revelers in 2018, so focus on quality over quantity with your chosen charcuterie, and turn your 2021 countdown into a cooking spree.

From Popular-Science

What will be different will be the products, which will be more discretionary, like beauty products, items for the home, Christmas decorations, supplies for crafts and even some food items for parties, such as charcuterie plates.

From Fortune

Eating out now means bringing a sandwich or carefully curated charcuterie plate from home in Hydro Flask’s lunch box, which has two layers of insulation and an interior sleeve built to hold a freezer pack.

From Outside Online

It serves small plates like cheese, charcuterie, and sandwiches, but most come here for the impressive wine selection.

From The Daily Beast

I still pull from this book when making terrines, sausages, and other charcuterie.

From The Daily Beast

I can't get enough of the excellent French charcuterie: terrines, pates, saucisson—oh my!

From The Daily Beast

In those days you bought them cooked at the charcuterie for the same price that you got them raw at the greengrocer's.

From Project Gutenberg

He always brought a bottle of sauterne, a pat, or a mess of artichokes or some tempting bit of charcuterie.

From Project Gutenberg

These difficulties do not exist in the case of what the French call charcuterie.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• cafeteria
• deli