croquette

«croquette» in Mova's school dictionary: a small roll or ball of mashed potato, meat, fish or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a croquette, croquettes)

meaning for a pupil

A croquette is a small roll or ball of mashed potato, meat, fish or vegetables, covered in breadcrumbs and fried. tree →

sense in the lessons

A food word from French, seen on menus and in school dinners and frozen food: potato croquettes, chicken croquettes, fish croquettes. In Spain they are called croquetas, a popular tapa.

examples

• We had potato croquettes with our roast dinner. tree →
• The croquettes were crispy outside and soft inside. tree →
• Mum made fish croquettes from leftover salmon. tree →
• In Spain we tried ham croquettes as tapas. tree →
• The school menu had vegetable croquettes on Friday. tree →
• Let the croquettes cool a bit — the middle is very hot. tree →

note

Countable. Pronounced «kroh-KET». From French «croquer» (to crunch). Safety: the inside can stay hotter than the outside.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «croquette» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.