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Definition of Omelet
1. Noun. Beaten eggs or an egg mixture cooked until just set; may be folded around e.g. ham or cheese or jelly.
Generic synonyms: Dish
Specialized synonyms: Firm Omelet, Fluffy Omelet, Egg Foo Yong, Egg Fu Yung
Definition of Omelet
1. n. Eggs beaten up with a little flour, etc., and cooked in a frying pan; as, a plain omelet.
Definition of Omelet
1. Noun. (American spelling) (alternative form of omelette) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Omelet
1. a dish of beaten eggs cooked and folded around a filling [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Omelet
Literary usage of Omelet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Boston Cooking-school Cook Book by Fannie Merritt Farmer (1896)
"omelet with Meat or Vegetables. Mix and cook Plain omelet. ... Follow directions
for Plain omelet. Remove skin from oranges and cut in slices, lengthwise. ..."
2. The Rumford Complete Cookbook by Lily Haxworth Wallace, Rumford Chemical Works (1908)
"Orange omelet 4 eggs. 2 tablespoons butter. 4 tablespoons water. ... This should
be done some time before making the omelet so that the orange juice and ..."
3. The Steward's Handbook and Guide to Party Catering by Jessup Whitehead (1903)
"omelet—Eggs slightly beaten, cooked like a pancake in a frying pan, ... This will
not only prevent the omelet sticking to the pan, but will give it ..."
4. Practical Cooking and Dinner Giving: A Treatise Containing Practical by Mary Foote Henderson (1889)
"omelet, WITH HAM. Throw into the omelet-pan fine-cut shreds of tender ham, with
the butter. When the ham has cooked a moment, throw in the eggs, ..."
5. The Table: How to Buy Food, how to Cook It, and how to Serve it by Alexander Filippini (1889)
"omelet, with Green Peas.—Break twelve eggs into a bowl, adding half a pint of
boiled green peas, a pinch each of salt and pepper, beat' well for four ..."
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