cutlet

[ kuht-lit ]

noun

1. a slice of meat, especially of veal, for broiling or frying.
2. a flat croquette of minced chicken, lobster, or the like.

cutlet

/ ˈkʌtlɪt /

noun

1. a piece of meat taken esp from the best end of neck of lamb, pork, etc
2. a flat croquette of minced chicken, lobster, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of cutlet¹

1700–10; < French côtelette, Old French costelette double diminutive of coste rib < Latin costa. See -let

Word History and Origins

Origin of cutlet¹

C18: from Old French costelette, literally: a little rib, from coste rib, from Latin costa

Example Sentences

We could, for example, build a high-tech Zion, a world where we feed tigers cutlets of cellular meat that’s been raised in labs.

From Outside Online

At least two dozen other cuisines put their own spin on the cutlet, using different cuts of meat or new mixes of ingredients, almost always battering and frying it into an oblong piece of food.

From Washington Post

Pasta tossed with butter or olive oil, and maybe even a little grated Parmesan or Pecorino if you’re in the mood, would be a great complement to these mushroom walnut “meatballs” or chicken cutlets with artichokes and lemon-thyme sauce.

From Washington Post

I slice into a panko-breaded chicken cutlet, remind the children to chew with their mouths closed, and reflect on how complicated fatherhood has become these days.

From Nautilus

My one meetup involved a juicy chicken cutlet and racy kimchi atop boiled rice.

From Washington Post

Another Italian speaker told The Daily Beast, “Italians would never dedicate a night to the chicken cutlet,” only to pizza.

From The Daily Beast

There was one little lamb cutlet left over and sitting out all by itself, and there was nobody to love it.

From Project Gutenberg

Take the remains of a boiled fowl and cut into pieces the size of a small cutlet.

From Project Gutenberg

Butter and fill up some cutlet moulds with the forcemeat, and steam them in the oven.

From Project Gutenberg

Cut some fillets of grouse into cutlet shapes, also some slices of fried bread; sprinkle the latter with grated Parmesan cheese.

From Project Gutenberg

Put a small piece of the small bones of the hare in every cutlet and dish them in a crown.

From Project Gutenberg