charcuterie

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

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noun, plural char·cu·te·ries [shahr-koo-tuh-reez, shahr-koo-tuh-reez; French shar-kytuh-ree] /ʃɑrˌku təˈriz, ʃɑrˈku tə riz; French ʃar kütəˈri/. (in France)

a store where pork products, as hams, sausages, and pâtés are sold.

the items sold in such a store.

Origin of charcuterie

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

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Related Words for charcuterie

cafeteria, deli, restaurant, charcuterie

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Contemporary Examples of charcuterie

It serves small plates like cheese, charcuterie, and sandwiches, but most come here for the impressive wine selection.
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Brandy Zadrozny
November 27, 2013
I still pull from this book when making terrines, sausages, and other charcuterie.
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Chris Leahy
February 2, 2011
I can't get enough of the excellent French charcuterie: terrines, pates, saucisson—oh my!
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Gina DePalma
August 24, 2010

Historical Examples of charcuterie

He always brought a bottle of sauterne, a pat, or a mess of artichokes or some tempting bit of charcuterie.
Bayou Folk
Kate Chopin
In those days you bought them cooked at the charcuterie for the same price that you got them raw at the greengrocer's.
Paris Vistas
Helen Davenport Gibbons

British Dictionary definitions for charcuterie

charcuterie

noun

cooked cold meats

a shop selling cooked cold meats

Word Origin for charcuterie

French

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Word Origin and History for charcuterie

1858, from French charcuterie, literally "pork-butcher's shop," from charcuter (16c.), from obsolete char (Modern French chair) cuite "cooked flesh," from chair "meat" (Old French char, from Latin carnem; see carnage) + cuit, past participle of cuire "to cook." Cf. French charcutier "pork butcher; meat roaster, seller of cooked (not raw) meat."