collop
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈkɒl.əp/
- Archaic
:
trocito
- The entrees are bone and gristle, collops of fat, smelly fish, and raw vegetables.
Examples
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The chef prepared delicious collops of beef, accompanied by roasted vegetables.
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She had brought hare-and-wine collops and honey cakes up from the kitchen.
Fiction book (1999) -
She washed her collops down with wine, then looked toward the bed.
Fiction book (1999) -
"Now eat your collops."
Fiction book (1999) -
At the banquet, we enjoyed collops of lamb served with mint sauce.
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For dinner, she made collops of chicken with a creamy mushroom sauce.
Synonyms
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1.0
A thin flat piece cut from food like bread or meat
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2.1
A piece of meat sliced from an animal for cooking
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3.2
A small piece of food that you eat in one bite
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3.6
A small thin slice of meat often covered in breadcrumbs and fried
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9.9
A small piece of food like a tiny slice or bite
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8.1
Thin slices of meat, often chicken or veal, cooked in a sauce
A small piece of food like bread or cheese
A small piece of food like bread or cheese
A thin slice of meat, often veal, fried or broiled
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Etymology
Collop is probably related to the simple English word lop, which means 'to cut off', so a collop is a small 'cut' or slice of meat or food that you can put on a plate.