meatloaf

Thân thiện

A family enjoys a slice of meatloaf at the dinner table.

Definition

Noun: A cooked dish consisting of ground meat that has been mixed with other ingredients, shaped into a rectangular loaf, and baked.

Usage

Meatloaf is typically served as a main course, often sliced. It is a common home-cooked meal in many cultures. - For dinner, we had meatloaf with mashed potatoes and gravy. - My grandmother's meatloaf recipe is the best I've ever tasted.

Advanced Usage

• "to be (as) comforting as meatloaf": Used figuratively to describe something that provides a sense of traditional, homey, and simple comfort.
  • After a long, stressful week, that movie was as comforting as meatloaf.

Variants and Related Words

• Meatloaf sandwich (n): A sandwich made with sliced meatloaf as the filling.
  • My favorite lunch is a warm meatloaf sandwich with ketchup.

Synonyms

• Ground meat loaf: A more descriptive synonym.
• Pâté (note: while also a loaf of ground meat, pâté is often finer, served cold, and may include liver).

Related Idioms

• "The meatloaf of [something]": A humorous or critical way to refer to something that is considered a basic, standard, or unexciting example of its category.
  • That generic action movie is the meatloaf of summer blockbusters.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a baked loaf of ground meat

Từ đồng nghĩa

• meat loaf