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Bologna sausage

Bologna sausage

2.6
A large smooth smoked sausage often sliced and eaten cold
  • noun
  • /bəˈloʊni ˈsɔsɪdʒ/
  • US
translation icon : salchichón de Bolonia
  • The deli sells several varieties of Bologna sausage, both beef and pork.

Examples

  • She made a sandwich with Bologna sausage and cheese for lunch.

  • Kids often enjoy eating slices of Bologna sausage as a snack.

  • I love eating Bologna sausage in my sandwiches.

  • For lunch, she made a Bologna sausage sandwich.

  • Kids often enjoy eating slices of Bologna sausage as a snack.

  • She made a sandwich with Bologna sausage and cheese for lunch.

  • The deli sells several varieties of Bologna sausage, both beef and pork.

Synonyms

sausage
vsBologna sausage
184 1.0

A food made from ground meat and spices in a thin skin

is a specific large smoked variety often served sliced and eaten cold
frank
vsBologna sausage
  • US
9 3.2

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

is instead a large smoked meat product typically sliced and eaten cold
baloney
vsBologna sausage
  • US
6 4.2

A large smoked sausage often sliced for sandwiches

is the same meat product but often eaten cold rather than in sandwiches
mortadella
vsBologna sausage
2 6.8

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

is made from mixed meats and lacks visible cubes of fat
lunch meat
vsBologna sausage
  • US
2 1.7

Cold sliced cooked meat used in sandwiches or as a snack

is a specific large smoked meat product rather than a processed loaf

Surface Forms

Bologna sausage singular
Bologna sausages plural

Morphology

Bologna + sausage

The phrase names a variety of sausage formed by combining a place-name (Bologna) with the noun 'sausage', so a learner who knows both constituents can infer it refers to a type of sausage associated with Bologna. This place-name + food composition is a common, compositional pattern across languages and therefore readily understandable to B1 learners who know the parts.

Etymology

Bologna sausage may come from the Italian city of Bologna, where butchers made a large, smooth meat called 'mortadella'. English speakers used the city's name for a similar round, sliced sausage, so today Bologna sausage means a big, smooth cooked sausage often eaten cold in sandwiches.