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noun
A dish of stuffed fish, or of fish cakes in broth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
well-seasoned balls of ground fish and eggs and crushed crumbs simmered in fish stock
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: fish ball
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dish
History
From Yiddish געפֿילטע פֿיש (gefilte fish, “stuffed fish”), from געפֿילט (gefilt, “stuffed”), from Old High German [Term?]. (Compare German gefüllter (“stuffed”) + Fisch (“fish”).)
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