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omelette
om·e·let also om·e·lette O0071200 (ŏm′ə-lĭt, ŏm′lĭt)n. A dish consisting of beaten eggs cooked until set and folded over, often around a filling.
[French omelette, from Old French amlette, alteration of alumette, variant of alumelle, probably from (la) lemelle, (the) knife blade, from Latin lāmella, diminutive of lāmina, thin plate.]omelette (ˈɒmlɪt) or omeletn (Cookery) a savoury or sweet dish of beaten eggs cooked in fat[C17: from French omelette, changed from alumette, from alumelle sword blade, changed by mistaken division from la lemelle, from Latin (see lamella); apparently from the flat shape of the omelette]omelet, omelette - Omelet has also been written omelette, amulet, and aumelet; omelet's root sense is "thin layer" or "crepe," and it was first described in English as a "pancake of eggs."See also related terms for pancake.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  omelette - beaten eggs or an egg mixture cooked until just set; may be folded around e.g. ham or cheese or jellyomeletdish - a particular item of prepared food; "she prepared a special dish for dinner"firm omelet - eggs beaten with milk or cream and cooked until setfluffy omelet - souffle-like omelet made by beating and adding the whites separatelyegg foo yong, egg fu yung - omelet containing onions and celery and chopped meat or fish |
Translationsomelette, omelet (ˈomlit) noun eggs beaten and fried sometimes with vegetables, meat etc. a mushroom omelette. 炒蛋，煎蛋 炒蛋，煎蛋 omelette
you've got to crack a few eggs to make an omeletteSometimes, you have to do unpleasant things in order to complete a task or meet a goal. Your students clearly don't respect you. I know you don't want to yell at them, but you've got to crack a few eggs to make an omelette. If I don't cut people's salaries, the company is going to go bankrupt. It's unfortunate, but you've got to crack a few eggs to make an omelette.See also: crack, egg, few, make, omeletteyou can't make an omelet without breaking (a few) eggsSometimes, you have to do unpleasant things in order to complete a task or meet a goal. Your students clearly don't respect you. I know you don't want to yell at them, but you can't make an omelet without breaking a few eggs. If I don't cut people's salaries, the company is going to go bankrupt. It's unfortunate, but you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs.See also: breaking, egg, make, omelet, withoutYou cannot make an omelet without breaking eggs.Prov. In order to get something good or useful, you must give up something else. Jill: Why do they have to tear down that beautiful old building to build an office park? Jane: You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs. Alan: We may make more money by raising our prices, but we'll also upset a lot of customers. Fred: You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs.See also: breaking, cannot, egg, make, omelet, withoutyou can't make an omelette without breaking eggs If you say you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs, you mean that it is impossible to achieve something important without there being some bad effects. Note: `Omelette' is usually spelled `omelet' in American English. You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs. If you want universal health care there's just no way of getting it without us putting more money into it. The group does appear to be setting new reporting standards but you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs.See also: breaking, egg, make, omelette, withoutyou can’t make an ˌomelette without breaking ˈeggs (saying) you cannot make an important change in something without causing problems for somebody: I know that all these changes in the industry are painful to many people, but you can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs.See also: breaking, egg, make, omelette, withoutEncyclopediaSeeOmletomelette
Related to omelette: Spanish OmeletteSynonyms for omelettenoun beaten eggs or an egg mixture cooked until just setSynonymsRelated Words- dish
- firm omelet
- fluffy omelet
- egg foo yong
- egg fu yung
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