meatball

noun

meat·ball ˈmēt-ˌbȯl

: a small ball of chopped or ground meat often mixed with bread crumbs and spices

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These cocktail meatballs are less sweet and more complex than old-school grape jelly meatballs. —

Nicole Hopper, Southern Living, 7 Dec. 2024 The restaurant offers holiday brunch and dinner menus that feature unlimited small plates such as meatball sliders, salmon tartare, and Balkan pork ribs. —

Taryn White, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024 Next week his students will participate in a meatball competition that will highlight their cultures, thanks to a grant Coulston landed from the American Beef Council. —

Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 6 Dec. 2024 Think of a plate of Swedish meatballs (meat, potato, gravy, puckery-sweet lingonberry jam) or an English Sunday roast (with lamb and mint jelly). —

Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for meatball