patty
pronunciation
How to pronounce patty in British English:
UK [ˈpæti]
How to pronounce patty in American English:
US [ˈpæti]
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- Noun:
- small flat mass of chopped food
- small pie or pasty
- round flat candy
Word Origin
- patty
- patty: see paste
- patty (n.)
- "small pie," 1710, from patti-pan (1690s) "something baked in a small pan," from French pâté, from Old French paste (see paste (n.)).
Example
- 1. So ms. price doubled down on ingredients , creating a beefier patty and adding some extra toppings . She sold it for $ 4 .
- 2. Van huis adds : " we 're looking at ways of grinding the meat into some sort of patty , which would be more recognisable to western palates . "
- 3. And to get the right texture for the burger itself , he grinds in an additional measure of fat , creating a patty much juicier than the normal french ground-beef mixture .
- 4. In may , a wall street restaurant boasted it was selling the costliest burger in new york , with the $ 175 patty made of kobe beef , black truffles and seared foie gras .
- 5. A quarter of a million euros is rather a lot to pay for a hamburger , but that will be the cost of the patty which mark post proposes to stick in a bun this october .