: a small ball of chopped or ground meat often mixed with bread crumbs and spices
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It's often served with a tomato sauce made with miniature meatballs, called sugo di pallottine.
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Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 8 June 2024
The furniture chain is hiring human workers to do everything from helping customers pick out furniture to serving meatballs at the Ikea bistro—all online.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 7 June 2024
As for the menu, favorites will still be available at the new restaurant, while new offerings include an egg roll trio (cheeseburger, Cuban sandwich and pepperoni pizza); mushroom and goat cheese croquettes with fig jam; Swedish meatballs and matzo ball soup, which will be available daily.
—Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 6 June 2024
Swedish meatballs are commonly served with mashed potatoes, topped with a creamy, gravy sauce.
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—Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 5 June 2024
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Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 8 June 2024
The furniture chain is hiring human workers to do everything from helping customers pick out furniture to serving meatballs at the Ikea bistro—all online.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 7 June 2024
As for the menu, favorites will still be available at the new restaurant, while new offerings include an egg roll trio (cheeseburger, Cuban sandwich and pepperoni pizza); mushroom and goat cheese croquettes with fig jam; Swedish meatballs and matzo ball soup, which will be available daily.
—Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 6 June 2024
Swedish meatballs are commonly served with mashed potatoes, topped with a creamy, gravy sauce.
2.
—Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 5 June 2024
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meatball
noun
meat·ball
-ˌbȯl 
: a small ball of chopped or ground meat
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