parm

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UK/pɑːm/US/pɑɹm/

noun

A dish served in the parmigiana style (combined with cheese and coated with tomato sauce before baking).

“chicken parm”

UncommonScrabble 8

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nounparm (countable and uncountable, plural parms)

plural parms

  1. countableuncountableA dish served in the parmigiana style (combined with cheese and coated with tomato sauce before baking).

    chicken parm

    3 more examples

    Everyone who's had my mother's eggplant parm has said, “This is awesome.”

    2012, Mike Isabella, Mike Isabella's Crazy Good Italian

    For this update on a chicken parm sandwich, I bread and sauté thin chicken breast cutlets and layer them with fresh basil, mozzarella cheese, and leftover spaghetti on garlic-buttered ciabatta.

    2013, Kathy Strahs, The Ultimate Panini Press Cookbook

    This braised eggplant has all those savory parm-y flavors, but in an easy any-night form.

    2023, Sohla El-Waylly, Start Here: Instructions for Becoming a Better Cook, page 170
  2. countableuncountableParmesan cheese.

    'There's parm in that bowl there,' Lady Darvish said.

    2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 203
    2 more examples

    Go make some spaghetti for lunch n sprinkle on some parm

    2020, Chelsey Hansen, Makin Cherry and Apple Pies Under the Land of the Living Skies

    Once it's bubbling good and steady, grab some parm and pecorino, pop it all on your spaghetti.

    2023, Luca Cesari, The Discovery of Pasta: A History in Ten Dishes

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palm (non-rhotic)

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APA

parm. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parm

MLA

“parm.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parm. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “parm,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parm.

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