a dish consisting of fish and matzo meal rolled into balls and poached, formerly served stuffed into the skin of a fish
Word origin
Yiddish, literally: filled fish
gefilte fish in American English
(gəˈfɪltə)
US
chopped fish mixed with chopped onion, egg, seasoning, etc. and boiled, orig. in a casing of the fish skin: it is usually served cold in the form of balls or cakes
Word origin
E Yiddish < gefilte, inflected adj. form of pp. of filn, to fill + fish, fish