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patty

patty

3 3.1
A small pastry with a meat or vegetable filling
  • noun
  • /ˈpæti/
  • US
translation icon : empanada
  • The chef prepared a delicious patty filled with seasoned beef and onions.
  • a Jamaican patty

Examples

  • How many patties are you selling a day?

  • The patties were gone in five minutes.

    Blog text (19)

  • My idea gets us 18 patties to the pound instead of 16.

    Born on the Fourth of July (1989)

  • So you can have beef patties for a nickel cheaper.

    Meet the Applegates (1990)

  • Two large fries and a Jumbo Krabby Patty.

    Come Play (2020)

  • Their choice, though free, is perhaps more like choosing between chocolate gelato and rice patties.

    Blog text (9)

  • Jamaican patties versus Curry goat terrine.

  • Alternatively, there may be arepas (cornmeal patties) on the side.

    Blog text (34)

  • For breakfast, it is rolled in oatmeal and fried in bacon fat until you get these crisp patties called laverbread cakes.

    Blog text (34)

  • Remember grandma's spinach patties?

    Blog text (19)

Synonyms

pie
vspatty
696 1.0

A baked pastry with a sweet or savory filling

is smaller and often fried or individual rather than pan baked

Compounds

beef patty
3 1.6

A flat round piece of cooked ground beef used in burgers

peppermint patty
  • US
1 3.4

A small round chocolate with a soft mint filling

back-patty
  • Slang
9.9

A small private action of praising yourself for something you did

patty shell
  • US
6.1

A small hollow pastry case that holds savory or sweet fillings

patty-pan
  • US
9.8

A shallow baking dish for making small pies

How Big

pie
696 1.0
turnover
7 4.7
patty
  • US
3 3.1
tartlet
2 4.8

Surface Forms

patty singular
patties plural

Morphology

patty = pat (transparent) = pat + y

Same formation as sense 1: 'pat' + '-y' producing a small flattened or shaped food item.

Etymology

Patty comes from an old French word for 'paste' or dough, like what we use for pastry, so it originally named small pies and pastries. That's why a Jamaican patty is a little pastry filled with spicy meat or vegetables.