OMELET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does omelet mean? 

• OMELET (noun)
  The noun OMELET has 1 sense:

1. beaten eggs or an egg mixture cooked until just set; may be folded around e.g. ham or cheese or jelly

  Familiarity information: OMELET used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OMELET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Beaten eggs or an egg mixture cooked until just set; may be folded around e.g. ham or cheese or jelly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

omelet; omelette

Hypernyms ("omelet" is a kind of...):

dish (a particular item of prepared food)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "omelet"):

firm omelet (eggs beaten with milk or cream and cooked until set)

fluffy omelet (souffle-like omelet made by beating and adding the whites separately)

egg foo yong; egg fu yung (omelet containing onions and celery and chopped meat or fish)

 Context examples 

The boiled tea was very bitter, the omelet scorched, and the biscuits speckled with saleratus, but Mrs. March received her repast with thanks and laughed heartily over it after Jo was gone.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)