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MEATBALL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does meatball mean?
• MEATBALL (noun)
The noun MEATBALL has 1 sense:
1. ground meat formed into a ball and fried or simmered in broth
Familiarity information: MEATBALL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Ground meat formed into a ball and fried or simmered in broth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("meatball" is a kind of...):
dish (a particular item of prepared food)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "meatball"):
porcupine ball; porcupines (meat patties rolled in rice and simmered in a tomato sauce)
Swedish meatball (meatballs simmered in stock)
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