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# patty

noun (a patty, patties)

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

## Everyday

1. A flat round cake of minced meat or other food, especially the meat in a burger. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patty/#m1)
2. A small pie or pastry, e.g. a Jamaican patty with a spicy filling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patty/#m2)
3. (US) A small flat sweet, as in a peppermint patty. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patty/#m3)

### In the lessons

An everyday food word: burger patties (beef, chicken, veggie, bean). In the UK and Canada, Jamaican patties are a popular snack. Kitchen safety: cook meat patties right through so they are not pink in the middle.

### Examples

- Dad grilled the burger patties on the barbecue. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patty/#x1)
- My veggie patty is made of beans and sweetcorn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patty/#x2)
- We bought Jamaican patties for lunch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patty/#x3)
- Shape the mince into four flat patties. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patty/#x4)
- Make sure the patty is cooked through. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patty/#x5)
- A peppermint patty is a mint sweet covered in chocolate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patty/#x6)
- In places the air was darkened by showers of lobster-patties, white puddings, sausages, tarts, and all sorts of sweetmeats, or with pieces of gold and silver, diamonds and pearls. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patty/#x7)

### Note

Countable; plural patties (y → ies). Patty is also a girl's name (short for Patricia) — a name. Do not confuse with «paddy» (a rice field) or «pâté» (a meat spread).

## On Mova

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