noun

omelet

AHM-lit/ˈɑmlət/

A dish of beaten eggs cooked flat and often folded around a filling.

The folded omelet rests golden and soft on the plate.

A freshly cooked folded golden omelet on a simple plate, soft egg texture and a little chopped herb.

Etymology

French alemele also meant a knife or sword blade. The egg dish received this name because its flat shape suggested a blade.

In context

Gordon Ramsay3:54

start the omelet okay that goes on the stove not too hot on and then we start the eggs very carefully crack the eggs in i like four or five eggs for the omelet

Gordon Ramsay's Chorizo Omelette Recipe

More examples

She filled the omelet with spinach.
They ordered two omelets.
His omelet browned at the edges.

Forms

omelet · omelets

Similar words

frittata: Usually thicker and finished without folding around a filling.
scramble: Eggs stirred while cooking rather than set into a flat shape.