omelette

esp US omelet

/ (ˈɒmlɪt) /

noun

a savoury or sweet dish of beaten eggs cooked in fat

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Word Origin for omelette

C17: from French omelette, changed from alumette, from alumelle sword blade, changed by mistaken division from la lemelle, from Latin (see lamella); apparently from the flat shape of the omelette

Words nearby omelette

omega meson, omega minus, omega-minus particle, omega-oxidation theory, omelet, omelette, omen, Omenn's syndrome, omental, omental bursa, omental graft

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Example sentences from the Web for omelette

His Sunday-morning ritual was cutting them into little pieces and frying them crisp and then folding them into an omelette.
Reichl’s Favorite Food Books|The Browser|August 11, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Froise, froiz, n. a kind of pancake or omelette, often with slices of bacon.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)|Various
My larder is, as you see, poor enough; but if you are hungry one can always try and procure an omelette.
The Duel|A. I. Kuprin
He had never tasted an omelette; he had never seen an omelette.
Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.)|Arnold Bennett

He ate muffins and omelette on Missy's lap, that morning, but it did not probably make the other mornings any better.
Missy|Miriam Coles Harris
A saucepan was actually being buttered (and butter was worth its weight in gold) to make us an omelette.
Caught by the Turks|Francis Yeats-Brown

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