omelette
/ˈɔmlət/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.85 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A dish made with beaten eggs cooked in a frying pan without stirring, flipped over to cook on both sides, and sometimes filled or topped with other foodstuffs, for example cheese or chives.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "He crossed to the window, which looked on to a herb garden, and seated himself on the chintz-covered window-seat and delicately watched the two, who were engaged in eating omelette and salad at a round table near the fire-place."
- "She had never meant to confide in him — certainly not here, eating omelette and cheese sauce — but that look seemed to demand a confidence."
- "She stayed to lunch that day, eating omelette and peas in the kitchen, followed by treacle tart."
- "This approach would be altered for an optimal omelette based exploit. One would spray the heap with the omelette code solely, then load a single copy of the additional shellcode eggs into memory outside the target region for the spray."
- "This recipe may be adapted for scrambled eggs, i.e., instead of omeletting the eggs, simply scramble them."
- "'Your main concern should not be practical ethics, but to dissuade me from omeletting you.'"
Etymology
Origin
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɔmlət/
- British English: /ˈɒmlɪt/
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Food.