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# croquette

noun (a croquette, croquettes)

«croquette» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A croquette is a small roll or ball of mashed potato, meat, fish or vegetables, covered in breadcrumbs and fried. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/croquette/#m1)

### In the lessons

A food word from French, seen on menus and in school dinners and frozen food: potato croquettes, chicken croquettes, fish croquettes. In Spain they are called croquetas, a popular tapa.

### Examples

- We had potato croquettes with our roast dinner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/croquette/#x1)
- The croquettes were crispy outside and soft inside. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/croquette/#x2)
- Mum made fish croquettes from leftover salmon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/croquette/#x3)
- In Spain we tried ham croquettes as tapas. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/croquette/#x4)
- The school menu had vegetable croquettes on Friday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/croquette/#x5)
- Let the croquettes cool a bit — the middle is very hot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/croquette/#x6)

### Note

Countable. Pronounced «kroh-KET». From French «croquer» (to crunch). Safety: the inside can stay hotter than the outside.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «croquette» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/croquette/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«croquette» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/croquette.html) on Mova free.