Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A dish consisting of beaten eggs cooked until set and folded over, often around a filling.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A dish consisting of eggs beaten lightly, with the addition of milk, salt, and sometimes a little flour; it is browned in a buttered pan on the top of the stove. Omelets are some-times prepared with cheese, ham, parsley, jelly, fish, or other additions.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Cookery) A dish consisting of eggs beaten up with a little flour, etc., and cooked in a frying pan until just set into a semisolid consistency; it may be folded around e.g. ham or cheese or jelly. When additional ingredients are mixed in, the names of the ingredients may be mentioned in the name of the omelet
- noun an omelet containing chopped pieces of ham, onion, and green peppers.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun American Alternative form of
omelette .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun beaten eggs or an egg mixture cooked until just set; may be folded around e.g. ham or cheese or jelly
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In story forty-one: Spitting in the omelet is a fine revenge.
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If you eat breakfast, the western omelet is the best i've eaten, and the onion rings are killer.
Greasy Spoons 2009
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If you eat breakfast, the western omelet is the best i've eaten, and the onion rings are killer.
Greasy Spoons 2009
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You will be surprised that if this omelet is wrapped in a chapati or made into rolls its one non messy meal ideal for kids and adults on a move.
Archive 2007-04-01 Anjali 2007
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You will be surprised that if this omelet is wrapped in a chapati or made into rolls its one non messy meal ideal for kids and adults on a move.
Tomato Omlette Anjali 2007
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Instead of the usual toast, this omelet is served with wedges of freshly-baked pita bread.
Archive 2007-08-01 Nupur 2007
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A well made omelet is a thing of beauty and can make the dreariest of mornings a festive occasion with fillings as simple as ham and cheese or a few sorrel leaves, wild mushrooms (The Georgian Room makes a divine one) or roasted vegetables, to something as fancy as smoked salmon or fish roe.
Is My Blog Burning? 2005
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If one can make a plain French omelet, it may be converted into many, many kinds.
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A plain French omelet is, perhaps, one of the most difficult of all things to make; that is, it is the most difficult to have well made in the ordinary private house.
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But the omelet was not just on the anchors 'faces, the omelet was a messed up election.
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