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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. beaten eggs or an egg mixture cooked until just set; may be folded around e.g. ham or cheese or jelly;
[syn: omelet, omelette]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

omelet \om"e*let\, omelette \om"e*lette\, n. [F. omelette, OF. amelette, alumete, alumelle, perh. fr. L. lamella. Cf. Lamella.] (Cookery) A dish consisting of eggs beaten up with a little flour, etc., and cooked in a frying pan until just set into a semisolid consistency; it may be folded around e.g. ham or cheese or jelly; as, a plain omelet. When additional ingredients are mixed in, the names of the ingredients may be mentioned in the name of the omelet; as, a ham and cheese omelet; a bacon and cheese omelet [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 + PJC] western omelet an omelet containing chopped pieces of ham, onion, and green peppers. [PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

omelet n 1: beaten eggs or an egg mixture cooked until just set; may be folded around e.g. ham or cheese or jelly [syn: omelet, omelette]