Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oyster omelette

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.77 in modern English

Syllables: oys-ter omelette
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Hokkien and Teochew oyster dish similar to an omelette or pancake, where oysters are pan-fried or deep-fried and caked in beaten (chicken or duck) eggs mixed with tapioca starch or sweet potato starch. Other ingredients may include spring onion, garlic chives, salt, pepper, cilantro.

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see oyster, omelette.

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Food.

Inflected Forms

oyster omelettes (plural) oyster omelet (alternative)

Synonyms

oyster cake fried oyster

Questions

What does oyster omelette mean?: A Hokkien and Teochew oyster dish similar to an omelette or pancake, where oysters are pan-fried or deep-fried and caked in beaten (chicken or duck) eggs mixed with tapioca starch or sweet potato starch. Other ingredients may include spring onion, garlic chives, salt, pepper, cilantro.

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