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OMELET

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 I. (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

Synonyms:

omelet; omelette

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

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)

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