charcuterie
The practice of cooking and preparing ready-to-eat meat products, especially porkThe practice of cooking and preparing ready-to-eat meat products, especially pork.
Meaning
3 senses(uncountable)The practice of cooking and preparing ready-to-eat meat products, especially pork.
(uncountable)Cured meat that is ready to be eaten, especially pork.
feine Fleisch- und Wurstwaren, Wurstdelikatessen, verzehrfertige Fleisch- und Wurstwaren
(countable)A shop or part of a shop specialising in cured meat.
- a delicatessen that specializes in meats
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Borrowed from French charcuterie.Borrowed from French charcuterie.
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Forms
plural: charcuteries| Singular | charcuterie |
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Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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