variants also pattie
as in cake
a small usually rounded mass of minced food that has been fried the enticing aroma of sausage patties sizzling in the skillet

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Recent Examples of patty The menu highlight of the Buns & Patties menu is its signature smash burger, with two beef patties layered with cheese, house sauce and pickles on a toasted bun. Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 22 Aug. 2025 With a menu featuring just two burger options (a patty with American cheese, mustard and ketchup or an alternative that’s slathered with the in-house sauce), sundaes and fries, Supernova is always busy—and for good reason. Rachel Dube, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025 The menu includes dishes like chicken bacon ranch pasta for dinner, as well as options such as French toast sticks with fruit or ham patties. Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025 Form into 12-13 patties (2 1/4 oz / 60 g each), about 2 1/2 inches / 6 cm wide and 1 1/4 inches / 3 cm thick. Sami Tamimi august 6, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for patty
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Noun
  • French pastry chef Yann Couvreur, whose patisserie is located a few blocks away in Wynwood, has created a dessert menu of French-Japanese desserts like a mango, coconut and passion fruit cake and black sesame ice cream topped with matcha and served with Liger’s chocolate chip cookie.
    Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Instead, it might best be described as a pie that captures the best part of German chocolate cake's coconut-pecan frosting.
    Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • When the butter has melted, and the temperature has reached 325 F, add the chicken in batches (two cutlets at a time).
    Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Halve chicken breasts lengthwise, to create 4 thin chicken cutlets.
    Mary Claire Britton, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025

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“Patty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patty. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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