quenelle

UK: /kəˈnɛl/ US: (kə nel′)

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que•nelle  (kə nel′), 

1. Food n. [French Cookery.] a dumpling of finely chopped fish or meat that is poached in water or stock and usually served with a sauce.

• German Knödel dumpling
• French
• 1835–45

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quenelle / kəˈnɛl/ noun

1. a finely sieved mixture of cooked meat or fish, shaped into various forms and cooked in stock or fried as croquettes

Etymology: 19th Century: from French, from German Knödel dumpling, from Old High German knodo knot