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meatloaf

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmiːt.ləʊf/
  • General-American: /ˈmit.loʊf/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -iːtləʊf
  • CMU ARPABET: M IY1 T L OW0 F Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • 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.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a baked loaf of ground meat

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: meat loaf

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dish, loaf of bread, loaf

Narrower terms: fish loaf

History

Etymology

Compound of meat + loaf.

Across languages

Translations

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: руло Стефани (rulo Stefani) — mixture of ground meat
  • Catalan: pastís de carn — mixture of ground meat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 烘肉捲 /烘肉卷 (hōngròujuàn) — mixture of ground meat
  • Czech: sekaná — mixture of ground meat
  • Danish: forloren hare — mixture of ground meat
  • Danish: farsbrød — mixture of ground meat
  • Dutch: gehaktbrood — mixture of ground meat
  • Dutch: vleesbrood — mixture of ground meat
  • Dutch: fricandon — mixture of ground meat
  • Esperanto: viandopano — mixture of ground meat
  • Esperanto: viandokuko — mixture of ground meat
  • Esperanto: viandhaketaĵpano — mixture of ground meat
  • Esperanto: haketaĵpano — mixture of ground meat
  • Finnish: lihamureke — mixture of ground meat
  • French: pain de viande — mixture of ground meat
  • French: rôti haché — mixture of ground meat
  • German: Hackbraten — mixture of ground meat
  • German: falscher Hase — mixture of ground meat
  • German: faschierter Braten — mixture of ground meat
  • German: Heuchelhase — mixture of ground meat
  • German: Wiegebraten — mixture of ground meat
  • Ancient Greek: κάνδαυλος (kándaulos) — mixture of ground meat
  • Hungarian: fasírt — mixture of ground meat
  • Icelandic: kjöthleifur — mixture of ground meat
  • Icelandic: svikinn héri — mixture of ground meat
  • Irish: builín feola — mixture of ground meat
  • Italian: polpettone — mixture of ground meat
  • Japanese: ミートローフ (mītorōfu) — mixture of ground meat
  • Korean: 미트로프 (miteuropeu) — mixture of ground meat
  • Lithuanian: zuikis — mixture of ground meat
  • Malay: roti daging — mixture of ground meat
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kjøttpudding — mixture of ground meat
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kjøtpudding — mixture of ground meat
  • Polish: pieczeń rzymska — mixture of ground meat
  • Portuguese: rolo de carne — mixture of ground meat
  • Russian: мясно́й руле́т (mjasnój rulét) — mixture of ground meat
  • Scottish Gaelic: buileann feòla — mixture of ground meat
  • Lower Sorbian: slěpa ryba — mixture of ground meat
  • Spanish: pastel de carne — mixture of ground meat
  • Spanish: pan de carne — mixture of ground meat
  • Spanish: hogaza carnal — mixture of ground meat
  • Spanish: hogaza carnosa — mixture of ground meat
  • Spanish: hogaza cárnica — mixture of ground meat
  • Spanish: carne de molde — mixture of ground meat
  • Swedish: köttfärslimpa — mixture of ground meat
  • Swedish: köttgrotta — mixture of ground meat
  • Turkish: dalyan köfte — mixture of ground meat
  • Ottoman Turkish: كوفته (köfte) — mixture of ground meat
  • Welsh: torth gig — mixture of ground meat
  • Yiddish: קלאָפּס (klops) — mixture of ground meat