charcuterie
/ʃɑːˈkuːt(ə)ri
/noun (plural charcuteries) [mass noun]
1Cold cooked meats.One page of the menu is devoted to cheeses (domestic and imported), another to charcuterie, salads, meat and fish, the third to items from the wood-burning oven....
- Typical items would be anchovies, sardines, slices of smoked fish, olives, radishes, sliced tomato (or other salad vegetable), various sorts of sausage and other charcuterie, etc.
- Jeff finishes off cooking the last of the dishes before joining us to share a plate of charcuterie and a whole vacherin cheese, which has been melted in its box to make an instant fondue.
1.1 [count noun] A shop selling cold meats.The group tasted wines at Saint Emilion, while gourmet picnics and shopping visits to cellars, charcuteries and cheese shops filled any gaps....
- Some charcuteries also sell veal sausages and terrines of game.
- Before 1900, peasants living in the suburban areas of Shanghai made their living by starting small businesses such as charcuteries.
Origin
French, from obsolete char (earlier form of chair) 'flesh' + cuite 'cooked'.