patty

[ pat-ee ]

/ ˈpæt i /

noun, plural pat·ties.

any item of food covered with dough, batter, etc., and fried or baked: oyster patties.

a thin, round piece of ground or minced food, as of meat or the like: a hamburger patty.

a thin, round piece, as of candy: peppermint patties.

a little pie; pasty.

Words nearby patty

patterson, patti, pattle, patton, patton, george, patty, patty pan, patty shell, patty-cake, pattypan squash, pattée

Origin of patty

1700–10; alteration of pâté, conformed to E words with the suffix -y²

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH patty

paddy patty

Definition for patty (2 of 3)

Patty

[ pat-ee ]

/ ˈpæt i /

noun

a female given name, form of Patience or Patricia.

Definition for patty (3 of 3)

Berg

[ berg or, German berk for 1; burg for 2, 3 ]

/ bɛrg or, German bɛrk for 1; bɜrg for 2, 3 /

noun

Al·ban

[ahl-bahn, ahl-bahn] /ɑlˈbɑn, ˈɑl bɑn/, 1885–1935, Austrian composer.

Patricia JanePatty, 1918–2006, U.S. golfer.

Paul,born 1926, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize 1980.

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British Dictionary definitions for patty (1 of 4)

patty

/ (ˈpætɪ) /

noun plural -ties

a small flattened cake of minced food

a small pie

Word Origin for patty

C18: from French pâté

British Dictionary definitions for patty (2 of 4)

berg¹

/ (bɜːɡ) /

noun

short for iceberg

British Dictionary definitions for patty (3 of 4)

berg²

/ (bɜːɡ) /

noun

a South African word for mountain

British Dictionary definitions for patty (4 of 4)

Berg

/ (bɜːɡ, German bɛrk) /

noun

Alban (Maria Johannes) (ˈalbaːn). 1885–1935, Austrian composer: a pupil of Schoenberg. His works include the operas Wozzeck (1921) and Lulu (1935), a violin concerto (1935), chamber works, and songs

Paul . born 1926, US molecular biologist, the first to identify transfer RNA (1956). Nobel prize for chemistry 1980

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Medical definitions for patty

Berg

[ bûrg ]

Paul Born 1926

American chemist. He shared a 1980 Nobel Prize for developing recombinant methods of inserting genes from simple organisms into the genetic material of similar organisms.