omelette

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A dish made with beaten eggs cooked in a frying pan without stirring, flipped over to cook on both sides, and sometimes filled or topped with other foodstuffs, for example cheese or chives.
2. (countable, uncountable) A form of shellcode that searches the address space for multiple small blocks of data ("eggs") and recombines them into a larger block to be executed.

Verb

To make into an omelette

Synonyms

omelet

omelet

scrambled eggs

fried egg

🍳

scramble egg

firm omelet

fried beaten egg

fried eggs

Translations

Omelett

omelette

frittata

tortilla

omelet

omelete

ομελέτα

struif

omlet

truita

omelette

tortilla francesa

omleta

tortilla de huevos

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɒm.lɪt/

Etymology

First attested in 1611; borrowed from French omelette, which see for further etymology.