borscht
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8.1
- noun
- /bɔrʃt/
:
borsch
- Orysia proudly handed me a cup of her borscht.
- a glass of borscht
So we got more boozies, borscht, soup, and we have some pride things on the way.
- So we got more boozies, borscht, soup, and we have some pride things on the way.
Examples
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"Now as sure as I ate my first bowl of borscht in Minsk," she said.
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She ordered a bowl of borscht served with a dollop of sour cream.
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How about a little borscht, just the two of us?
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Two more bowls of borscht.
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Next week, it's cold beet borscht with sour cream.
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When learning about Russia, making borscht and cabbage rolls would be a good idea.
Blog text (11) -
We had started the night at an old-school Jewish restaurant counter, eating borscht and matzo-ball noodle soup.
Academic text (2016) -
One day, at his request, I brought a jar of spinach borscht called schav, which he ate with great dollops of sour cream.
Academic text (1995) -
"Could be a new cookhouse for the frontline boys," he sniffed, "though I can't smell any sauerkraut or borscht."
Fiction book (1994) -
Two cheerful ladies in white robes and caps with reddish ringlets peeking out brought covered pots of borscht and boiled pearl barley.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
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8.0
A soup from Eastern Europe made mainly with beetroot and often with cabbage, potatoes, or meat
A bright red soup made from beets and often served with sour cream
A Russian or Polish soup made with beetroot that has a red color
A soup from Eastern Europe made with beet and often served hot or cold
A beetroot soup from Eastern Europe usually served hot or cold
Compounds
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9.9
A group of hotels in the Catskills popular with Jewish guests and known for comedy shows
Surface Forms
Etymology
Borscht comes from an old Eastern European word borshch, which was the name of a 'wild plant' people once used to cook in the soup. Later cooks used beets more often, but the old name stayed, so borscht now means the red beet soup we eat.