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croquette
[ kroh-ket ]
/ kroʊˈkɛt /
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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 breadcrumbs, and fried in deep fat.
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Origin of croquette
First recorded in 1700–10; from French, equivalent to croqu(er) “to crunch” (Old French crokier “to break,” of expressive origin) + -ette diminutive suffix; see origin at -ette
Words nearby croquette
cropt, crop top, crop up, croquembouche, croquet, croquette, croquignole, croquis, crore, crorepati, Crosby
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British Dictionary definitions for croquette
croquette
/ (krəʊˈkɛt, krɒ-) /
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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