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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After its win for a Angus smash patty with American cheese, bacon jam, grilled onions and Cowy sauce, owners Guillermo Felipe, Carlos Reveron and Daniel Machicao were able to open the first standalone Cowy Burger in Wynwood.
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Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 16 Feb. 2025
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The company reckons that's enough for 22 burger patties or eight whole chickens.
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Hamburger patties are made from 100% American beef, with whole chucks boned and ground by In-N-Out’s butchers.
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Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 16 Feb. 2025
Get the recipe > Pimento Cheese Burgers Skip the ketchup and mustard and slather your burger patties with pimento cheese instead.
—Saveur Editors, Saveur, 5 Feb. 2025
The company reckons that's enough for 22 burger patties or eight whole chickens.
—New Atlas, 4 Feb. 2025
Hamburger patties are made from 100% American beef, with whole chucks boned and ground by In-N-Out’s butchers.
—Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 28 Jan. 2025
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“Patty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/patty. Accessed 9 Mar. 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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