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mortadella
[ mawr-tuh-del-uh ]
/ ˌmɔr təˈdɛl ə /
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noun
a large Italian sausage of pork, beef, and pork fat chopped fine, seasoned with garlic and pepper, cooked, and smoked.
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Origin of mortadella
1605–15; <Italian <Latin murtāt(um) sausage seasoned with myrtle (murt(um) myrtle-berry + -ātum, neuter of -ātus-ate1) + -ella diminutive suffix
Words nearby mortadella
Morse lamp, Morse, Samuel F. B., Morse taper, mor. sol., mort, mortadella, mortal, mortality, mortality rate, mortality table, mortal mind
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