From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcutletcut‧let /ˈkʌtlɪt/ noun [countable] 1 DFa small flat piece of meat on a bone a lamb cutlet2 → vegetable/nut etc cutlet
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cutlet• Uncle Sammler, would you join me for a cutlet?• Fish Conger eel: buy cutlets.• Loi caught a splendid dorado to provide juicy fresh fish cutlets.• We begin with the nut cutlets of a vegetarian household where Harriet and Vesey meet as adolescents.• Stubb orders him to prepare cutlets the next night.• The quails and the cutlets were safe.• He pulled a scrap of meat from the cutlet in his hand and tossed it into the air.• turkey cutlets• He needs breaded veal cutlets as well.Origin cutlet (1700-1800) French côtelette, from Old French coste “rib, side”; influenced by cut 