patty
part of speech
noun (a patty, patties)
meaning for a pupil
1) A flat round cake of minced meat or other food, especially the meat in a burger. tree →
2) A small pie or pastry, e.g. a Jamaican patty with a spicy filling. tree →
3) (US) A small flat sweet, as in a peppermint patty. tree →
sense in the lessons
An everyday food word: burger patties (beef, chicken, veggie, bean). In the UK and Canada, Jamaican patties are a popular snack. Kitchen safety: cook meat patties right through so they are not pink in the middle.
examples
- Dad grilled the burger patties on the barbecue. tree →
- My veggie patty is made of beans and sweetcorn. tree →
- We bought Jamaican patties for lunch. tree →
- Shape the mince into four flat patties. tree →
- Make sure the patty is cooked through. tree →
- A peppermint patty is a mint sweet covered in chocolate. tree →
- In places the air was darkened by showers of lobster-patties, white puddings, sausages, tarts, and all sorts of sweetmeats, or with pieces of gold and silver, diamonds and pearls. tree →
note
Countable; plural patties (y → ies). Patty is also a girl's name (short for Patricia) — a name. Do not confuse with «paddy» (a rice field) or «pâté» (a meat spread).
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «patty» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.