mortadella

[mawr-tuh-del-uh]

noun

1. a large Italian sausage of pork, beef, and pork fat chopped fine, seasoned with garlic and pepper, cooked, and smoked.

Word History and Origins

Origin of mortadella¹

1605–15; < Italian < Latin murtāt ( um ) sausage seasoned with myrtle ( murt ( um ) myrtle-berry + -ātum, neuter of -ātus -ate ¹ ) + -ella diminutive suffix

Example Sentences

Roast turkey and mortadella, vegan salami and imitation tuna salad.

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First, is mortadella: I absolutely love it.

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Perhaps start with the Mortadella with Pistachio Pesto.

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But I ditched the traditional ham you would typically use and opted for my favorite, mortadella.

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They were recent graduates of Pratt Institute’s industrial design program, and they swaddled pieces of rope, scraps of wood and other discards in spandex that they soaked in resin, creating a ham hock-like form that could be sliced to create variegated drink coasters that a writer described as “one part terrazzo and one part mortadella.”

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