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tartlet

tartlet

2 4.8
A small pastry shell filled with sweet or savory food that people serve at parties
  • noun
  • /ˈtɑːrtlɪt/
translation icon : tartaleta
  • Mickey herself had watched Liam serve his tartlets at party after party.

Examples

  • Have a tartlet, minister?

  • And you can leave off the gremolata, and the tartlet of leek and chanterelles.

  • I have not received tartlets, I am not thankful.

  • Ohh, you look like a tasty little cherry tartlet.

  • My son is engaged and my husband is in Maui with a tartlet named Cheryl.

  • All the years I've been here I've had tartlets, and tartlets I love.

  • All the years I've been here I've had tartlets, and tartlets I love.

  • Bobby completely ignores Charlie as he ushers a pasty-faced rock star and his underage tartlet past the ropes.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • There were the lentil meatballs with lemon pesto and the peanut butter pretzel tartlets that made my heart skip a beat.

    Blog text (14)
  • For dessert, she served lovely fruit tartlets filled with fresh berries and cream.

Synonyms

tart
vstartlet
93 1.6

A small open pastry filled with fruit or custard

is usually smaller and served as a single bite canapé or dessert
apple tart
vstartlet
3 1.0

A baked sweet pastry like a pie with sliced apples and sugar

is the general small filled shell, not limited to one filling
flan
vstartlet
  • UK
1 3.4

An open pastry like a tart with a sweet or savory filling

is a smaller shell version often served cold or as canapé
fruit tart
vstartlet
1 1.8

A pastry with cream or custard topped with fresh fruit

focuses on a small filled shell rather than fruit topping
lobster tart
vstartlet
6.7

A pastry shell filled with cooked lobster often served as a starter

is usually smaller and meant as a canapé or dessert not a main

How Small

canape
1 6.3
tartlet
2 4.8
tart
93 1.6
pie
696 1.0

Surface Forms

tartlet singular
tartlets plural

Morphology

tartlet = tart (transparent) = tart + let

The meaning is directly derived from 'tart' with the diminutive suffix '-let', indicating a small tart.

Etymology

Tartlet is simply the word tart plus the ending -let; tart is a small pastry and -let means 'small', like in booklet or piglet. So a tartlet is a very small tart or tiny pastry shell filled as a sweet or savory bite.