charcuterie

noun

char·​cu·​te·​rie (ˌ)shär-ˌkü-tə-ˈrē 

: a delicatessen specializing in dressed meats and meat dishes

also : the products sold in such a shop

Examples of charcuterie in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Guests can accessorize their stay with exclusive co-branded merchandise in the room, including rock glasses, leather jewelry trays, and small charcuterie boards. —Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025

This addition to the set offers ample room for holding drinks, a charcuterie board, and more when entertaining. —Sharon Lockley, People.com, 12 July 2025

The Southern-style menu will showcase produce from local farmers including J. Brooks Family Farm and Boy and Girl Farm, and include a sharable charcuterie board, chateaubriand with roasted green beans and sweet potato hand pies, and finished with a fruit cobbler. —Charlotte Observer, 11 July 2025

Fresh summer berries on a charcuterie board are a must this time of year. —Aly Walansky, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025

Word History

Etymology

French, literally, pork-butcher's shop, from Middle French chaircuiterie, from chaircutier pork butcher, from chair cuite cooked meat

First Known Use

1825, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for charcuterie

• kashmiri
• beery
• bleary
• cheery
• cirri
• dearie
• deary
• dreary
• eerie
• kiri
• leary
• leery