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PATTY

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Round flat candy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

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

candy; confect (a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts)

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

peppermint patty (a patty flavored with peppermint)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Small pie or pasty

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

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

pie (dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Small flat mass of chopped food

Synonyms:

cake; patty

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

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

dish (a particular item of prepared food)

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

fish ball; fish cake (a fried ball or patty of flaked fish and mashed potatoes)

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