ome‧lette (also omelet American English) /ˈɒmlət, ˈɒmlɪt $ ˈɑːm-/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: French; Origin: omelette, from Latin lamella 'thin plate']

1. eggs mixed together and cooked in hot fat, sometimes with other foods added:
a cheese omelette

2. you can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs used to say that it is impossible to achieve anything important without causing a few problems

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