omelette

Other forms: omelettes

An omelette is an egg dish that's folded in half and filled with cheese, meat, or vegetables. Next time you go out to breakfast, try ordering an omelette instead of your usual fried eggs!

The word omelette is French, from a root meaning "thin, small plate," a reference to an omelette's flat shape. Historians have traced the omelette back to ancient Persia, where cooks made savory dishes using beaten eggs. Today's omelette is generally fluffy and filled with cheese, and while the one you get at a diner may seem large, it can't match the world's largest omelette, which weighed over 14,000 pounds and used 145,000 eggs.

Definitions of omelette

1. noun

   beaten eggs or an egg mixture cooked until just set; may be folded around e.g. ham or cheese or jelly
   synonyms: omelet

   types:

   firm omelet

   eggs beaten with milk or cream and cooked until set

   fluffy omelet

   souffle-like omelet made by beating and adding the whites separately

   egg foo yong, egg fu yung

   omelet containing onions and celery and chopped meat or fish

   French omelet

   omelet cooked quickly and slid onto a plate

   western omelet

   a firm omelet that has diced ham and peppers and onions

   type of:

   dish

   a particular item of prepared food