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/.
  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.

Origin of charcuterie

1
1855–60; <French; Middle French chaircuterie, equivalent to chaircut(ier) charcutier + -erie-ery

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How to use charcuterie in a sentence

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

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

    Fresh Picks | Chris Leahy | February 2, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • I can't get enough of the excellent French charcuterie: terrines, pates, saucisson—oh my!

    Fresh Picks | Gina DePalma | August 24, 2010 | 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.

    Paris Vistas | Helen Davenport Gibbons
  • He always brought a bottle of sauterne, a pat, or a mess of artichokes or some tempting bit of charcuterie.

    Bayou Folk | Kate Chopin
  • These difficulties do not exist in the case of what the French call charcuterie.

    France and the Republic | William Henry Hurlbert

British Dictionary definitions for charcuterie

charcuterie

/ (ʃɑːˈkuːtəriː) /


noun
  1. cooked cold meats

  2. a shop selling cooked cold meats

Origin of charcuterie

1
French

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