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

One surefire way to impress your most refined guests is to serve a smattering of expensive cheeses on a charcuterie board, accompanied by a proper cheese knife set. —Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 22 Apr. 2025

Family and guests can lounge in the comfortable seats while enjoying cold drinks and a charcuterie board placed on the glass coffee table, which has a bottom shelf for storage. —Isabel Garcia, People.com, 22 Apr. 2025

When the sun starts to set, folks come in to experience the 16-bottle self-serve wine station or grab a craft beer to pair with a cheese plate or charcuterie board. —Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 28 Mar. 2025

Add extra cheese, deli meat, olives, pickles, and other favorite charcuterie board accompaniments. —Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Mar. 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