English Explanatory Dictionary

omelette

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A dish made with beaten eggs cooked in a frying pan without stirring, flipped over to cook on both sides, and sometimes filled or topped with other foodstuffs, for example cheese or chives.
  2. A form of shellcode that searches the address space for multiple small blocks of data ("eggs") and recombines them into a larger block to be executed.
verb
  1. To make into an omelette

Pronunciation

/ˈɒm.lɪt/ En-uk-omelette.ogg /ˈɔm.lət/ /ˈɑm.lət/ /ˈɑm.lɪt/ /ˈɑ.mə.lət/ en-ca-omelette.opus

Word forms

omelette omelettes omelet omlet omeletting omeletted

Etymology

First attested in 1611; borrowed from French omelette, see which for further etymology.

Derived words

chin omelette Denver omelette Florentine omelette friar's omelette omelette Arnold Bennett omelette-y omelettey omeletty oyster omelette scromlette Spanish omelette special omelette thick as a whale omelette tornado omelette you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs you've got to crack a few eggs to make an omelette
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