Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A thin slice of meat, usually veal or lamb, cut from the leg or ribs.
- n. A patty of chopped meat or fish, usually coated with bread crumbs and fried; a flat croquette.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A piece of meat, especially veal or mutton, cut horizontally from the upper part of the leg, for broiling or frying.
Wiktionary
- n. A thin slice of meat, usually fried.
- n. A chop, a specific piece of meat cut from the side of an animal, especially said of pork, chicken, and beef.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A piece of meat, especially of veal or mutton, cut for broiling.
WordNet 3.0
- n. thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled
Etymologies
- From French côtelette (recorded in English since 1706), from Old French costelette "little rib," from coste "rib, side", from Latin costa; influenced (popular etymology) by English cut. (Wiktionary)
- French côtelette, from Old French costelette, diminutive of coste, rib, from Latin costa; see kost- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The History The "katsu" in tonkatsu is short for the Japanese rendering of "cutlet" -- katsuretto”
“A cutlet is a breast half (or thigh) that is both skinless and boneless and sometimes has been pounded to flatten.”
“In the earlier part of the 'merry monarch's' reign, the eating-house most popular with young barristers and law-students was kept by a French cook named Chattelin, who, besides entertaining his customers with delicate fare and choice wine, enriched our language with the word 'cutlet' -- in his day spelt costelet.”
“A paillard is, similarly, a thin piece of meat, and scaloppine and schnitzel - German for "cutlet" - are generally dredged lightly in flour or beaten eggs and bread crumbs before a light or deep fry.”
“How it became a descriptor for a cutlet is a mystery to me, but input from etymologists is welcome.”
“The stage tea, of which a second cup is always refused; the stage cutlet, which is removed with the connivance of the guest after two mouthfuls; the stage cigarette, which nobody ever seems to want to smoke to the end -- thinking of these as they make their appearances in the houses of the titled, one would say that the hospitality of the peerage was not a thing to make any great rush for ....”
“Katsu is the Japanified word for 'cutlet', and tonkatsu is one of the most popular representatives of the Katsu world.”
“cutlet" with him at the "Clarendon," not to go home -- are only to be equalled by the admirable tact on the ground -- the studiously elegant salute to the adverse party, half a la Napoleon, and half Beau Brummell”
“Blais: fresh pancetta cutlet, broccolini, pickled cherry tomatoes”
The Washington Post: Top Chef All-Stars Ep. 8: French beats Italian?
“One of the darlings of the early vegetarian movement particularly in its even sadder form, the cutlet, it was on the menu at John Harvey Kellogg's Battle Creek Sanitarium sic, and has since become the default Sunday option for vegetarians – and a default source of derision for everyone else.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘cutlet’.
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Letterrorists
A bunch of -let words, emphasis on the diminutive. Feel free to neologize.
booklet, flatlet, haslet, nutlet, platelet, streamlet, varlet, aglet, gablet, leaflet, piglet, ringlet and 504 more...
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Meat Parts: the Cuts, the Innards, an...
T-bone - Sounds good!
Shoulder - Alright.
Liver - Fine.
Sweetbread - Okay.
Gizzard - Pushing it.
Brains - What?!wing, wedge bone sirloin, veal, umbles, tri-tip, tripe, triangle steak, tournedo, top sirloin, top loin, tongue, thigh and 147 more...
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What's next here?
thunderhead, thundercloud, cumulus, cumulonimbus, fibrous, hazy, glaciated, cirrus, nimbus, meteorology, fahrenheit, thermoscope and 285 more...
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Reading List
Words that I've come across in my readings that I am particularly fond of.
coterie, teashop, dilettante, yeomanry, gramophone, scullery, paddocks, ablutions, asylum, livery, spirits, swarthy and 26 more...
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Eric's Words
fuselage, brown, toast, cutlet, monkey, fly, hollywood, tomorrow, yell, nicktoast, aglet, robot and 3 more...
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words that I like (but not favorites)
nonchalant, verbatim, autonomy, drivel, neologism, cane, sassy, oiseau, pumpernickel, chou-fleur, lolcano, renault and 83 more...
Tweets
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eric I like saying 'cutlet' with a fake, bad accent Dec 5, 2006