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rillette

rillette noun: a dish of meat cooked in fat then shredded and served in a ramekin.

rillette: a dish of meat cooked in fat then shredded and served in a ramekin
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Noun

rillette (plural rillettes)

  1. A dish of meat cooked in fat then shredded and served in a ramekin.
    • It’s possible to cobble together a meatier meal, like country pâté ($8) or succulent duck rillette ($7).2008 May 7, The New York Times, “Turqua Grill and The JakeWalk”, in New York Times

Forms of rillette

pluralrillettes

Origin of rillette

From French rillette.

Questions about rillette

What does rillette mean?
Rillette means a dish of meat cooked in fat then shredded and served in a ramekin.
What part of speech is rillette?
Rillette is a noun.
What is the plural of rillette?
The plural of rillette is rillettes.

Words near rillette in the dictionary

  1. rillenkarren
  2. rilles
  3. rillest
  4. rillet
  5. rillets
  6. rillette
  7. rillettes
  8. rilling
  9. Rillings
  10. Rillington
  11. rills

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