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

How to Make Ina Garten's Mezze Board To start, Garten lays fresh fig leaves over her charcuterie board to help keep the ingredients separate from the wood. —Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Sep. 2025

Make this snack mix for your charcuterie board, add it to a simple cheese board, or serve it alone. —Patricia S York, Southern Living, 29 Aug. 2025

This year, the collective will build charcuterie boards and cutting boards for each student involved, among other projects. —Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025

The couple’s vacation also included a trip on the La Dolce Vita Orient Express, where the duo sampled pasta, macarons and charcuterie on the luxury train and took in the sights in Rome and Venice before finishing in Siena. —Kirsty Hatcher, People.com, 26 Aug. 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