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omelet

or om·e·lette

[ om-lit, om-uh- ]

noun

  1. eggs beaten until frothy, often combined with other ingredients, as herbs, chopped ham, cheese, or jelly, and cooked until set.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of omelet1

1605–15; < French omelette, earlier amelette, metathetic form of alemette, variant of alemelle literally, thin plate, variant of Old French lemelle < Latin lāmella. See lamella, -et

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Example Sentences

Failing to make an omelet hardly proves that omelets are illusory if nobody has been willing to break some eggs along the way.

He Said: I completely disagree, and I see both the ice cream cone scene and the omelet scene entirely differently.

That it plays out in such a domestic setting, in a kitchen and he demands that she make him an omelet, is telling as well.

Sen. Sherrod Brown knows which side his omelet is hot-sauced on.

He was eating an omelet, and had moved the bread off his plate.

And she recommended great care in dripping the coffee and having the omelet done to a proper turn.

Sara Lee, enveloped in a large pinafore apron, made the omelet in the kitchen.

And Sara Lee beat up the eggs and found, after a bad moment, some salt in a box, and then poured her omelet into the pan.

The omelet which Rollo had chosen for his principal dish was excellent too.

They need tossing up with as light a hand as an omelet, you see.

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