variants
or less commonly pattie
plural patties
1
: a little pie
2
a
: a small flat cake of chopped food
a hamburger patty
b
: a small flat candy
a peppermint patty
3
Examples of patty in a Sentence
the enticing aroma of sausage patties sizzling in the skillet
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Even haters of the Golden Arches might find charms in He’s project, whose page edges are colored so that the book, when closed, looks like an abstraction of a Big Mac: two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles and onions on a sesame seed bun.
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Craig Nakano, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2024
McDonald’s briefly pulled Quarter Pounders from 3,000 U.S. stores as a result of the outbreak, then narrowed that to 900 stores once testing had pinpointed onions — and not hamburger patties — as the likely source of E. coli.
—Jonel Aleccia, Fortune, 4 Dec. 2024
Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese.
—Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 31 Dec. 2024
The meat also delivered: juicy with patties that weren’t too thick.
—Kaitlyn Rosati, New York Daily News, 18 Dec. 2024
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Craig Nakano, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2024
McDonald’s briefly pulled Quarter Pounders from 3,000 U.S. stores as a result of the outbreak, then narrowed that to 900 stores once testing had pinpointed onions — and not hamburger patties — as the likely source of E. coli.
—Jonel Aleccia, Fortune, 4 Dec. 2024
Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese.
—Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 31 Dec. 2024
The meat also delivered: juicy with patties that weren’t too thick.
—Kaitlyn Rosati, New York Daily News, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Patty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/patty. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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patty
noun
pat·ty
variants
also pattie
plural patties
1
: a little pie
2
: a small flat cake of chopped food
b
: a small flat candy
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