croquette
[kroh-ket]
- 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.
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Origin of croquette
1700–10; < French, equivalent to croqu(er) to crunch (Old French crokier to break, of expressive orig.) + -ette -ette
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Examples from the Web for croquette
Contemporary Examples
This is a man who loves his vegetables more than any croquette or jamón ibérico.
The croquettes I remember are different than any other croquette.
Historical Examples
Fold the sides of the leaf over and roll into croquette shape.
The Laurel Health CookeryEvora Bucknum Perkins
The crust should be crisp, and the center creamy, the same as a croquette.
The Century Cook BookMary Ronald
Form into croquette balls; dip in beaten egg and bread crumbs.
Stevenson Memorial Cook BookVarious
The difference between a croquette and a cutlet is just in the shape.
Mrs. Wilson's Cook BookMary A. Wilson
Croquette, krok-et′, n. a ball of minced meat or fish, seasoned and fried.
croquette
- a savoury cake of minced meat, fish, etc, fried in breadcrumbs
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Word Origin
C18: from French, from croquer to crunch, of imitative origin
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Word Origin and History for croquette
n.
1706, from French croquette (17c.), from croquer "to crunch" (imitative) + diminutive suffix -ette.
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