Meanings
plural meatloaves · alternative meat loaf
- countableuncountableA dish of ground meat (usually made from ground beef, although lamb, pork, veal, venison, poultry and seafood are also used) formed into a loaf shape, mixed with egg and breadcrumbs, then baked or smoked, and usually served in slices.
For his meatloaf, he mixed the meat, eggs, chopped onion, breadcrumbs, tomato sauce and a can of beer according to the instructions, then diced in an apple he had lying around.
1 more example
Meat Loaf.—Chop fine whatever cold meat you have, fat and lean together, add pepper, salt and finely chopped onion, two slices of bread which have been soaked in milk, and one egg mix well together and bake in form. This makes an admirable tea or breakfast dish.
1876, “Farm and Household. Selected Recipes.”, in The Grange Advance, Red Wing, Minn.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek κάνδαυλος
- κάνδαυλος (kándaulos)mixture of ground meat
Bulgarian руло Стефани
- руло Стефани (rulo Stefani)mixture of ground meat
Catalan pastís de carn
- pastís de carnmixture of ground meat
Chinese Mandarin 烘肉捲 /烘肉卷
- 烘肉捲 /烘肉卷 (hōngròujuàn)mixture of ground meat
Czech sekaná
- sekanámixture of ground meat
Danish forloren hare, farsbrød
- forloren haremixture of ground meat
- farsbrødmixture of ground meat
Dutch gehaktbrood, vleesbrood
- gehaktbroodmixture of ground meat
- vleesbroodmixture of ground meat
- fricandonmixture of ground meat
Esperanto viandopano, viandokuko
- viandopanomixture of ground meat
- viandokukomixture of ground meat
- viandhaketaĵpanomixture of ground meat
- haketaĵpanomixture of ground meat
Finnish lihamureke
- lihamurekemixture of ground meat
French pain de viande, rôti haché
- pain de viandemixture of ground meat
- rôti hachémixture of ground meat
German Hackbraten, falscher Hase
- Hackbratenmixture of ground meat
- falscher Hasemixture of ground meat
- faschierter Bratenmixture of ground meat
- Heuchelhasemixture of ground meat
- Wiegebratenmixture of ground meat
Hungarian fasírt
- fasírtmixture of ground meat
Icelandic kjöthleifur, svikinn héri
- kjöthleifurmixture of ground meat
- svikinn hérimixture of ground meat
Irish builín feola
- builín feolamixture of ground meat
Italian polpettone
- polpettonemixture of ground meat
Japanese ミートローフ
- ミートローフ (mītorōfu)mixture of ground meat
Korean 미트로프
- 미트로프 (miteuropeu)mixture of ground meat
Lithuanian zuikis
- zuikismixture of ground meat
Malay roti daging
- roti dagingmixture of ground meat
Norwegian Bokmål kjøttpudding
- kjøttpuddingmixture of ground meat
Polish pieczeń rzymska
- pieczeń rzymskamixture of ground meat
Portuguese rolo de carne
- rolo de carnemixture of ground meat
Russian мясно́й руле́т
- мясно́й руле́т (mjasnój rulét)mixture of ground meat
Scottish Gaelic buileann feòla
- buileann feòlamixture of ground meat
Spanish pastel de carne, pan de carne
- pastel de carnemixture of ground meat
- pan de carnemixture of ground meat
- hogaza carnalmixture of ground meat
- hogaza carnosamixture of ground meat
- hogaza cárnicamixture of ground meat
- carne de moldemixture of ground meat
Swedish köttfärslimpa, köttgrotta
- köttfärslimpamixture of ground meat
- köttgrottamixture of ground meat
Turkish dalyan köfte
- dalyan köftemixture of ground meat
Welsh torth gig
- torth gigmixture of ground meat
Yiddish קלאָפּס
- קלאָפּס (klops)mixture of ground meat
Cite this entry
meatloaf. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meatloaf
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