) | a dish consisting of toast or toasted halves of English muffin covered with a thin slice of fried or broiled ham, poached eggs, and a topping of hollandaise sauce. |
| eggs Benedict pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) A dish consisting of toasted halves of English muffin topped with broiled ham, poached eggs, and hollandaise sauce. [Probably from the name Benedict.] |