cutlet

[ kuht-lit ]

/ ˈkʌt lɪt /

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noun

a slice of meat, especially of veal, for broiling or frying.

a flat croquette of minced chicken, lobster, or the like.

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Origin of cutlet

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

Words nearby cutlet

cut it out, cutlass, cutlassfish, cutler, cutlery, cutlet, cutline, cutlips minnow, cut loose, cut nail, cut no ice

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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.
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My one meetup involved a juicy chicken cutlet and racy kimchi atop boiled rice.
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Over the past two weeks, Tikhanovskaya, who laughingly said at another rally that she’d “rather be frying cutlets at home than run for the post of the president of Belarus,” has drawn record-breaking crowds in Minsk, Brest and a dozen smaller cities.
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Another Italian speaker told The Daily Beast, “Italians would never dedicate a night to the chicken cutlet,” only to pizza.
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There was one little lamb cutlet left over and sitting out all by itself, and there was nobody to love it.
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Take the remains of a boiled fowl and cut into pieces the size of a small cutlet.
Dressed Game and Poultry la Mode|Harriet A. de Salis
Butter and fill up some cutlet moulds with the forcemeat, and steam them in the oven.
Dressed Game and Poultry la Mode|Harriet A. de Salis
Cut some fillets of grouse into cutlet shapes, also some slices of fried bread; sprinkle the latter with grated Parmesan cheese.
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Put a small piece of the small bones of the hare in every cutlet and dish them in a crown.
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British Dictionary definitions for cutlet

cutlet

/ (ˈkʌtlɪt) /

noun

a piece of meat taken esp from the best end of neck of lamb, pork, etc

a flat croquette of minced chicken, lobster, etc

Word Origin for cutlet

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

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