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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

beef olive

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.88 in modern English

Syllables
beef o-live
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Thinly sliced beef wrapped around a savoury filling.

Etymology

Probably from the French alouette (“lark”), since the shape resembles a dish of stuffed larks; or possibly from the shape.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

beef olives (plural)

Questions

What does beef olive mean?
Thinly sliced beef wrapped around a savoury filling.
Where does beef olive come from?
It is traced to French.

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