croquette

[kroh-ket]

noun

a small cake or ball of minced meat, poultry, or fish, or of rice, potato, or other food, often coated with beaten egg and bread crumbs, and fried in deep fat.

Origin of croquette

1700–10; < French, equivalent to croqu(er) to crunch (Old French crokier to break, of expressive orig.) + -ette -ette

Can be confusedcoquette croquet croquette

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Contemporary Examples of croquette

This is a man who loves his vegetables more than any croquette or jamón ibérico.
Rodrigo de la Calle Is Spain’s Vegetable Whisperer
Kara Cutruzzula
March 19, 2014
The croquettes I remember are different than any other croquette.
The Woman Who Gives Emeril a Run for His Money
Sarah Whitman-Salkin
September 1, 2009

Historical Examples of croquette

Fold the sides of the leaf over and roll into croquette shape.
The Laurel Health Cookery
Evora Bucknum Perkins
The crust should be crisp, and the center creamy, the same as a croquette.
The Century Cook Book
Mary Ronald
Form into croquette balls; dip in beaten egg and bread crumbs.
Stevenson Memorial Cook Book
Various
The difference between a croquette and a cutlet is just in the shape.
Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book
Mary A. Wilson
Croquette, krok-et′, n. a ball of minced meat or fish, seasoned and fried.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)
Various

British Dictionary definitions for croquette

croquette

noun

a savoury cake of minced meat, fish, etc, fried in breadcrumbs

Word Origin for croquette

C18: from French, from croquer to crunch, of imitative origin

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Word Origin and History for croquette

1706, from French croquette (17c.), from croquer "to crunch" (imitative) + diminutive suffix -ette.