meatloaf
A dish of ground meat formed into a loaf shape, mixed with egg and breadcrumbs, then…A dish of ground meat (usually made from ground beef, although lamb, pork, veal, venison, poultry and seafood are also used) formed into a loaf shape, mixed with egg and breadcrumbs, then baked or smoked, and usually served in slices.
» Tom ate meatloaf yesterday for lunch.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A dish of ground meat (usually made from ground beef, although lamb, pork, veal, venison, poultry and seafood are also used) formed into a loaf shape, mixed with egg and breadcrumbs, then baked or smoked, and usually served in slices.
For his meatloaf, he mixed the meat, eggs, chopped onion, breadcrumbs, tomato sauce and a can of beer according to the instructions, then diced in an apple he had lying around.
Hackbraten, falscher Hase, faschierter Braten
мясно́й руле́тmjasnój rulét
a baked loaf of ground meat
Examples
18 sentencesTom ate meatloaf yesterday for lunch.
Tom and I ate meatloaf for dinner.
Tom had meatloaf and mashed potatoes for dinner.
Tom told Mary he wanted to eat meatloaf for supper.
I want to eat meatloaf.
Translations
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Origin
Compound of meat + loaf.Compound of meat + loaf.
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Forms
plural: meatloavesSynonyms
1 synonyms- a baked loaf of ground meat:meat loaf
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable