variants also pattie
as in cake
a small usually rounded mass of minced food that has been fried the enticing aroma of sausage patties sizzling in the skillet

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Recent Examples of patty According to McDonald's Canada, the Big Arch has two quarter-pound beef patties with three slices of white cheese. Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 31 Dec. 2024 The Salvadorian delicacy is a masa or cornmeal patty or dough cake that’s stuffed with fillings like meat, beans, cheese, and veggies. Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 14 Dec. 2024 The menu includes game sausage Benedict, ground elk patties, corn cakes and more. Audrey Kennedy, Axios, 16 Jan. 2025 The company conducted an extensive investigation and found that its beef patties were not the culprit; rather, onions from one of its suppliers were contaminated with E.coli bacteria. Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for patty 

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“Patty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patty. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.

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