meatball

nounA2+Common in everyday speech and writing · #5,214 of 15,258mostly spoken

Other forms: meatballs

A meatball is a ball of minced meat, rolled and cooked. Spaghetti and meatballs, Swedish meatballs, fry the meatballs.

Nearly every cuisine has a version, because it is what mince and stale bread make together. Spaghetti with meatballs is Italian-American rather than Italian. Note the compound of meat and ball.

Definitions of meatball

1nounmeatballA ball of minced meat, rolled and cooked.A2+
“Grandma served spaghetti with meatballs in a rich tomato sauce.”

meatball is a dish.

Where it comes from

Meat plus ball. The compound translates similar names in many other languages.

From meat + ball.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Food & Drink

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meatball in the wild

The name "lion's head", derives from the shape of the meatball which is supposed to resemble the head of the Chinese guardian lion, specifically.
Lion's Head (food)
Kofta is a family of meatball and meatloaf dishes found in South Asian, Central Asian, Balkan, Middle Eastern, North African, and South Caucasian cuisines.
Kofta
Bakso or baso is an Indonesian meatball, or a meat paste made from beef surimi.
Bakso
The word bakso may refer to a single meatball or the complete dish of meatball soup.
Bakso
Steamed meatball is a common Cantonese dim sum dish.
Steamed meatball

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