Explore Croquette through 9 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like dish. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Croquette meaning
A minced, cooked food (usually meat or vegetables), which is deep-fried in fat and sometimes sprinkled with breadcrumbs.
Synonyms of Croquette
Using Croquette
- The main meaning on this page is: A minced, cooked food (usually meat or vegetables), which is deep-fried in fat and sometimes sprinkled with breadcrumbs.
- Useful related words include: dish.
- In the example corpus, croquette often appears in combinations such as: the croquette, croquette is.
Context around Croquette
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 4 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Croquette
- In this selection, "croquette" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, rarebit, curry, scallion and stuffed stand out and add context to how "croquette" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a rice croquette stuffed with and duck leg croquette is crisp. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "croquette" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with croquette
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Meanwhile, the heat from the croquette is visible from stream rising to the ceiling. (14 words)
It was like a croquette; really light and airy, and it tasted like a really good cheddar. (17 words)
The braised duck leg croquette is crisp and greaseless; a bronzed beauty, all bite and depth and flavour. (18 words)
If I had to choose a favorite, the one I’d order two of so that I could eat one on the spot and the other 30 minutes later in the car, is the curry croquette. (36 words)
The Parkgate’s Michelin-Guide-listed restaurant The Sorting Room serves up scrummy dishes like cauliflower soup with rarebit croquette, £8.50, followed by rack of Welsh lamb with a miniature shepherd’s pie, £38. (35 words)
Back upstairs in the kitchen, Chateau Chantal’s in-house chef de cuisine, Chris Mushall, is preparing the first course—potato scallion croquette with cornichons, whole grain mustard and Gruyere fondue. (31 words)
Example sentences (9)
The Parkgate’s Michelin-Guide-listed restaurant The Sorting Room serves up scrummy dishes like cauliflower soup with rarebit croquette, £8.50, followed by rack of Welsh lamb with a miniature shepherd’s pie, £38.
If I had to choose a favorite, the one I’d order two of so that I could eat one on the spot and the other 30 minutes later in the car, is the curry croquette.
Meanwhile, the heat from the croquette is visible from stream rising to the ceiling.
The court documents didn’t indicate the flavor of the croquette, which in Spain is a popular food typically made from ham, chicken or cod.
Back upstairs in the kitchen, Chateau Chantal’s in-house chef de cuisine, Chris Mushall, is preparing the first course—potato scallion croquette with cornichons, whole grain mustard and Gruyere fondue.
The braised duck leg croquette is crisp and greaseless; a bronzed beauty, all bite and depth and flavour.
The lambs lettuce salad is tasty on a hot summer day made with fennel, citrus filet, goat cheese croquette and Balik salmon.
It was like a croquette; really light and airy, and it tasted like a really good cheddar.
It is a rice croquette stuffed with any kind of ingredients such as meat sauce, mushrooms, pistachio, smoked salmon.
Common combinations with croquette
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the croquette 2×
- croquette is 2×