| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| gefilte fish |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ge·fil·te fish |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  g -f l t |
| NOUN: | Finely chopped fish, usually whitefish, pike, or carp, mixed with crumbs, eggs, and seasonings, cooked in a broth in the form of balls or oval-shaped cakes, and usually served chilled. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Yiddish : gefilt, past participle of filn, to fill, stuff + fish, fish.
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