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 The department of agriculture received multiple lots of fresh and frozen beef patties collected from various Colorado McDonald’s locations associated with the E. coli investigation. Sarah Parvini, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2024 McDonald's originally said the beef patties could be the source of the outbreak, but the US Department of Agriculture now believes that contaminated onions were to blame. Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 28 Oct. 2024 McDonald’s temporarily stopped selling Quarter Pounders in about one-fifth of its restaurants until testing ruled out beef patties as the E. coli source. Brenda Goodman, CNN, 2 Nov. 2024 Test results released by the Colorado Department of Agriculture over the weekend ruled out McDonald’s beef patties as a possible source. Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024 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 3 Dec. 2024.

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