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n., pl., -ties.

A small rounded, flattened cake of food, especially one made from ingredients that have been previously ground, chopped, or minced: a hamburger patty; a peppermint patty.
A patty shell.
A small pie; a pasty.

[French pâté, pâté. See pâté.]

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Small savoury pie, normally made with shortcrust pastry; also (in the USA) small cakes of minced meat or poultry, like croquettes but not dipped in breadcrumbs before cooking.

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1. A small, thin round of ground or finely chopped food such as meat (as with a hamburger patty), fish or vegetables. 2. A round, flat piece of candy, such as the peppermint patty.

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For other uses, see Patty (disambiguation).

A patty, in American English, is a flattened, usually disc-shaped, serving of ground meat or meat substitutes. The word derives from the French pate. The meat is compacted and shaped, cooked if applicable, and served. Patties can be eaten with a knife and fork, in dishes like Salisbury steak, but are typically served in a sandwich called a burger, or hamburger if made from ground beef.

In British English, the patty itself is also called a burger, whether or not it served in a sandwich. Similar-shaped savoury cakes not made from ground meat may also be called "burger": "turkey burgers" or "fishburgers" may be made from reshaped mechanically separated meat. Sometimes burgers are breaded.

In Ireland, traditional chippers often serve batter burger (a beef-based patty dipped in batter and deep fried) and/or spice burger (a patty made to a proprietary recipe of meats and spices^[1]). These are served in a greaseproof paper bag and eaten with the hands.

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In addition to the disc-like shape that is typical of burgers, or patties,is round and looks abit like Seb Green there can be other shapes to the ground meat as well. The fast food restaurants Wendy's and White Castle, for instance, serve square burgers.

With mass-produced burgers, it is not uncommon to find burgers with seemingly abnormal shapes, with a bumpy perimeter. These groove-like bumps are caused by the machine that forms the patties. They are used in production to keep the burgers in line, so they won't fall off the assembly line, and can be manipulated by the various machines. In other boxed burgers small punctures can be seen in the top and bottom flat sides of the burger. These punctures are there for similar reasons.

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^ "Legal row over spice burger 'secret recipe'". RTÉ. 25 August 2009. http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0825/spiceburger.html. Retrieved 2009-09-29.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - tartelet, lille postej, lille klat

Nederlands (Dutch)
pastei, plat koekje van gehakt (soort hamburger), plat rond snoepje

Français (French)
n. - (US) steak haché, petit feuilleté

Deutsch (German)
n. - Pastetchen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (μαγειρ.) μπουρέκι, πιτάκι

Italiano (Italian)
polpetta, pasticcio, fettina di carne

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pastelzinho (m)

Русский (Russian)
пирожок, котлета

Español (Spanish)
n. - empanada

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - liten pastej, liten platt biff

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
小馅饼, 肉饼

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 小餡餅, 肉餅

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 작은 파이, 백인

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 小型のパイ, パティ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) فطيرة محشوة بلحم تشبع السنبوسك‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮פשטידית, פשטידה קטנה ממולאת בבשר טחון וכו', ממתק קטן ושטוח‬

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