: a small often rounded mass consisting usually of minced meat, fish, or vegetable coated with egg and bread crumbs and deep-fried
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a fish croquette that tasted more of filler than of fish
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For dinner, snag an appetizer of manchego and serrano ham croquettes with piquillo pepper emulsion and truffle.
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Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 25 July 2025
The second dish was beef croquette cooked with truffles and aioli, and was stunning with the three red wines.
—Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
One of his welcome snacks is a wild rabbit croquette.
—Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2025
There’s a smorgasbord of seafood options: smoked salmon croquettes, Florida shrimp, stuffed lobster.
—Mariette Williams, USA Today, 24 July 2025
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Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 25 July 2025
The second dish was beef croquette cooked with truffles and aioli, and was stunning with the three red wines.
—Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
One of his welcome snacks is a wild rabbit croquette.
—Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2025
There’s a smorgasbord of seafood options: smoked salmon croquettes, Florida shrimp, stuffed lobster.
—Mariette Williams, USA Today, 24 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for croquette
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“Croquette.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/croquette. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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croquette
noun
cro·quette
krō-ˈket 
: a roll or ball of hashed meat, fish, or vegetables fried in deep fat
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