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cutlet

cutlet noun: a thin slice of meat, usually fried.

cutlet: a thin slice of meat, usually fried
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Noun

cutlet (plural cutlets)

  1. A thin slice of meat, usually fried.
    Synonyms:
    scallop
  2. A chop, a specific piece of meat (especially pork, chicken, or beef) cut from the side of an animal.
  3. A piece of fish that has been cut perpendicular to the spine, rather than parallel (as with a fillet); often synonymous with steak.
  4. A prawn or shrimp with its head and outer shell removed, leaving only the flesh and tail.
  5. A mash of vegetables (usually potatoes) fried with bread.

cutlet meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Kannada and Indonesian

cutlet in Tamil

ஆட்டு விலா இறைச்சிக் கறி, கன்றுக்குட்டி விலா இறைச்சிக்கறி, விலா இறைச்சிக்கறி

cutlet in Bengali

মাংসের পাতলা টুকরো

cutlet in Kannada

ಮೂಳೆಯೊಂದಿಗಿರುವ ಮಾಂಸದ ಸಣ್ಣ ತುಂಡು, ಖಾರದ ತಿನಿಸು, ಕಟ್ಲೆಟ್

cutlet in Indonesian

slice of meat
kutlet
More languagesFewer languages
cutlet in Persian
کتلت kotlet

Examples of cutlet in a sentence

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:chicken cutlet.
  • Sometimes a slab of faux ribs or some chick’n cutlets are just not quite enough.
  • In the case of my food, schnitzel meant something like breaded, sauteed veal cutlet—schnitzely layers of meat.

All 14 example sentences with cutlet

Synonyms of cutlet

Forms of cutlet

pluralcutlets

Origin of cutlet

From French côtelette (recorded in English since 1706), from Middle French costelette (“little rib”), from coste + -elette, from Old French coste (“rib, side”), from Latin costa. Influenced by English cut, as if from cut + -let. Doublet of kotlet and kotleta.

Words formed from cutlet

Questions about cutlet

What does cutlet mean?
Cutlet means a thin slice of meat, usually fried.
What is cutlet in Tamil?
Cutlet in Tamil is ஆட்டு விலா இறைச்சிக் கறி, கன்றுக்குட்டி விலா இறைச்சிக்கறி, விலா இறைச்சிக்கறி. See Cutlet meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cutlet?
Cutlet is a noun.
What is the plural of cutlet?
The plural of cutlet is cutlets.

Words near cutlet in the dictionary

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  3. Cutlers Green
  4. cutlery
  5. cutleryware
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  7. cutlet Kiev-style
  8. cutlet Kyiv-style
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Adapted from Wiktionary: cutlet (page history and authors); cutlet (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cutlet (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cutlet (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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