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meatless loaf

meatless loaf noun: a vegan or vegetarian meatloaf made without meat.

meatless loaf: a vegan or vegetarian meatloaf made without meat
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Noun

meatless loaf (countable and uncountable, plural meatless loaves)

  1. A vegan or vegetarian meatloaf made without meat.
    • I’m still thinking about meatloaf, only without the meat. Meatless loaf, Jayme calls it, which I think is a pretty good name, suggesting as it does the origin of the dish while simultaneously denying its original main ingredient. I would have probably come up with something like “tofu loaf.” Which...1997, Jack Butler, chapter 24, in Jack's Skillet, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, page 118
    • When I became a vegetarian the hardest thing I had to learn was to make a good gravy. I think you will find this one good over mashed potatoes, meatless loafs, dumplings, Neatballs (page 10), or prepared seitan.1998, Dionne Stevens, chapter 15, in The First Book of Vegetarian Cooking: More Than 300 Recipes Combining Great Taste with Good Nutrition, Prima Publishing, page 370

Examples of meatless loaf in a sentence

  • Meatless loaf, Jayme calls it, which I think is a pretty good name, suggesting as it does the origin of the dish while simultaneously denying its original main ingredient.1997, Jack Butler, chapter 24, in Jack's Skillet, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, page 118:
  • I tried many different versions of this before I finally landed upon a recipe that makes a moist, firm meatless loaf that doesn’t fall apart.2016 April, Leinana Two Moons, chapter 8, in Baconish: Sultry and Smoky Plant-Based Recipes from BLTs to Mac & Cheese, Vegan Heritage...

Forms of meatless loaf

pluralmeatless loaves
alternative formmeatlessloaf

Questions about meatless loaf

What does meatless loaf mean?
Meatless loaf means a vegan or vegetarian meatloaf made without meat.
How do you use meatless loaf in a sentence?
Meatless loaf, Jayme calls it, which I think is a pretty good name, suggesting as it does the origin of the dish while simultaneously denying its original main ingredient.
What part of speech is meatless loaf?
Meatless loaf is a noun.
What is the plural of meatless loaf?
The plural of meatless loaf is meatless loaves.

Words near meatless loaf in the dictionary

  1. meatilicious
  2. meatily
  3. meatiness
  4. meatish
  5. meatless
  6. meatless loaf
  7. meatless loaves
  8. meatlessloaf
  9. meatlessly
  10. meatlessness
  11. meatlike

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