borsht
- noun
- /bɔrʃt/
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borsht
- We started our meal with a steaming bowl of borsht topped with sour cream.
Examples
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Traditional borsht gets its vibrant color from fresh beets.
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I love borsht with a dollop of sour cream.
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Many Eastern European families have their own secret recipe for borsht.
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Have you ever tried borsht?
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Many Eastern European families have their own secret recipe for borsht.
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Traditional borsht gets its vibrant color from fresh beets.
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We started our meal with a steaming bowl of borsht topped with sour cream.
Synonyms
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8.1
A soup from Eastern Europe made mainly from beets and often served with sour cream
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8.0
A soup from Eastern Europe made mainly with beetroot and often with cabbage, potatoes, or meat
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
- Archaic
A region of summer resorts in the Catskill Mountains popular with Jewish guests and famous for many comedians
- Archaic
Group of resorts in the Catskills where Jewish performers, especially comedians, often worked
Surface Forms
Etymology
Borsht comes from the Russian and Ukrainian word борщ, which was the name of a wild plant used long ago to make a simple soup in Eastern Europe. So the plant's name became the name of the dish, and today borsht usually means the red beet soup often served with sour cream.