noun
cutlet
noun
1
A small, thin cut of meat, often coated and fried.
"We had breaded chicken cutlets with a side of mashed potatoes."
"The chef pounded the pork cutlet thin before frying it."
2
A flat cake of minced or mashed food, such as vegetables, shaped and fried like a meat cutlet.
"She served vegetable cutlets made from mashed potato and peas."
How to Use Cutlet
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA thin piece of meat (or a fried cake of mashed vegetables) usually cooked quickly by frying.
Common pairings
chicken cutlet
veal cutlet
breaded cutlet
vegetable cutlet
Word Forms
cutlets plural
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Etymology
From French côtelette, "little rib," from Old French coste ("rib"), from Latin costa. English spelling was later reshaped under the influence of the unrelated word "cut."