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sausage

sausage

184 1.0
A food made from ground meat and spices in a thin skin
  • noun
  • /ˈsɔsɪdʒ/
translation icon : salchicha
  • The spicy sausage was grilled to perfection and served with a side of sauerkraut.
  • make a sausage

We got a little bit of the sausage and the cheese.

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Examples

  • We cooked eggs, spinach and Portuguese sausage and rice as well.

  • OK, so we have some eggs, sausage, bacon, pancakes and fruit.

  • So I think I had like sausage and eggs for breakfast.

  • You cook a lovely sausage.

  • Would you care for a bite of my sausage?

  • Kelly pops the last sausage into his mouth and has some more coffee.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • I think I want a sausage biscuit.

  • Good smells came from the kitchen: coffee, warm bread, sausage, and carrots cooked in wine.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Just sausage and eggs.

  • Bacon, ham, hot dogs, jerky, lunch meat, sausage, smoked meats.

Synonyms

dog
vssausage
627 8.4

A thin cooked sausage often served in a bread roll

is the general term for minced, seasoned meat enclosed in a casing
hot dog
vssausage
252 1.0

A cooked sausage in a sliced bun, often with mustard or ketchup

is the general term for minced, seasoned meat enclosed in a casing
wiener
vssausage
  • US
69 1.8

A small cooked sausage often served in a bread roll like a hot dog

is the general term for minced, seasoned meat enclosed in a casing
pepperoni
vssausage
57 1.0

A spicy thin sausage made from pork and beef that is often on pizza

is the general term for minced, seasoned meat enclosed in a casing
salami
vssausage
40 1.0

A salted, spiced sausage usually sliced and eaten cold

is the general term for minced, seasoned meat enclosed in a casing
brat
vssausage
  • US
22 5.0

A small pork sausage like a bratwurst

is the general term for minced, seasoned meat enclosed in a casing
hotdog
vssausage
19 1.0

A cooked sausage in a sliced bun often eaten as fast food

is the general term for minced, seasoned meat enclosed in a casing
corn dog
vssausage
  • US
17 1.8

A hot dog covered in cornmeal batter and fried on a stick

is the general term for minced, seasoned meat enclosed in a casing
bratwurst
vssausage
13 4.5

A German sausage people make from pork and often cook on a grill to eat in a bread roll

is the general term for minced, seasoned meat enclosed in a casing
kielbasa
vssausage
11 4.8

A Polish sausage made from pork, often smoked and grilled or cooked in dishes

is the general term for minced, seasoned meat enclosed in a casing
frank
vssausage
  • US
9 3.2

A smooth sausage usually made from beef or pork and eaten in a roll

is the general term for minced, seasoned meat enclosed in a casing
banger
vssausage
  • UK
6 8.2

A pork sausage often served with mashed potatoes

is the general term for minced, seasoned meat enclosed in a casing
corndog
vssausage
  • US
6 2.7

A sausage on a stick covered in cornmeal batter and deep fried

is the general term for minced, seasoned meat enclosed in a casing
blood sausage
vssausage
5 4.1

A dark sausage made from cooked animal blood, fat, and other ingredients

is the general term that does not emphasize blood or color changes
Vienna sausage
vssausage
5 3.6

A small thin cooked sausage sold in cans or jars

is the general term for minced, seasoned meat enclosed in a casing
frankfurter
vssausage
3 2.0

A smooth, smoky sausage of pork or beef often served in a bread roll

is the general term for minced, seasoned meat enclosed in a casing
pork sausage
vssausage
3 1.0

A food people make from ground pork and spices inside a skin and cook

is the general term covering all minced, seasoned meat enclosed in a casing
mortadella
vssausage
2 6.8

A large Italian cooked sausage made from ground pork with small pieces of fat

is the general term for minced, seasoned meat enclosed in a casing
knackwurst
vssausage
2 8.6

A short thick German sausage usually made from pork and beef

is the general term for minced, seasoned meat enclosed in a casing
knockwurst
vssausage
  • US
2 8.1

A short, thick German sausage made from pork and beef

is the general term for minced, seasoned meat enclosed in a casing
wurst
vssausage
1 5.1

A German sausage made from pork, beef or veal and spices

is the general term covering all minced, seasoned meat enclosed in a casing
blutwurst
vssausage
1 9.9

A German sausage made from pork and blood with spices

is the general term that does not emphasize blood or color changes
liver sausage
vssausage
1 3.9

A soft meat spread people make from ground liver and spices

is the general term that does not emphasize organ meat as main ingredient
wienerwurst
vssausage
8.8

A thin smoked sausage made from beef or pork often served in a bun

is the general term for minced, seasoned meat enclosed in a casing
Bologna sausage
vssausage
  • US
2.6

A large smooth smoked sausage often sliced and eaten cold

is the general term for minced, seasoned meat enclosed in a casing

Idioms

9.9

To hide something as a joke that often means sex

Compounds

A dark sausage made from cooked animal blood, fat, and other ingredients

A small thin cooked sausage sold in cans or jars

3 1.0

A food people make from ground pork and spices inside a skin and cook

1 1.2

A baked snack of sausage meat wrapped in pastry

A pizza that has tomato sauce, cheese, and pieces of sausage

A soft meat spread people make from ground liver and spices

sausage stuffer
  • Specialized
1 5.1

A device that pushes ground meat into casings to make sausages

1 1.5

Minced meat mixed with spices for making sausages or patties

1 8.1

An informal social event attended mostly by men with few women

A large smooth smoked sausage often sliced and eaten cold

sausage balloon
  • Archaic
9.9

A long thin bag filled with air used to fly above and watch, often in war

A thick round lock of hair that looks like a small sausage

3.5

A small dog with a long body and short legs

Long and rounded like a small tube

7.7

A small dog with a long body and short legs, a dachshund

A small machine that fills sausage casings with meat

How Big

sausage
184 1.0
chipolata
  • UK
8.1

Surface Forms

sausage singular
sausages plural

Etymology

Sausage comes from an old Latin word salsus meaning 'salted', which is the same root as the English word salt. People used salt to preserve and season chopped meat and then stuffed it into a skin, so the word became the name for seasoned meat in a casing.