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 on the Web But investigators have focused on slivered onions used on the burgers, as well as beef patties. Jonel Aleccia, Chicago Tribune, 25 Oct. 2024 The beef patties are used exclusively in Quarter Pounders and the slivered onions are rarely on other items. Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 24 Oct. 2024 Historically, hamburgers and other ground meat items have been potent vectors for spreading the bacteria because one patty can consist of meat made from many different cows, each of which could have been contaminated. Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 24 Oct. 2024 Hamburger patties are usually made with meat from many butchered cows that is then ground, seasoned, and formed. Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 24 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 5 Nov. 2024.

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