borsch
- noun
- /bɔrʃ/
- UK
- Mmmm... borsch, garlic, and bread... like in childhood.
Helen Mirren's favorite soup is borscht.
- Helen Mirren's favorite soup is borscht.
Examples
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On a cold winter day, nothing warms you up like a steaming bowl of borsch filled with vegetables and meat.
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I ordered a hearty bowl of borsch made with beetroot and served with a dollop of sour cream.
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If you open valve before 100, he will be borsch!
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Borsch!
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- There'’s no T in "borsch."
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- It'’s "borsch."
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It’s going to come back to the forefront again," predicted Matthew Borsch, an analyst at Goldman Sachs who follows the industry and says the insurers face an increasingly daunting environment.
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At the family gathering, Grandma prepared her famous borsch, a traditional soup rich in flavor and color.
Synonyms
A soup from Eastern Europe made mainly 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
A bright red soup made from beets and often served with sour cream
Surface Forms
Etymology
Borsch comes from an old Ukrainian and Russian word borshch that first named a wild plant called 'hogweed' which people used in soups. Over time the plant name became the name of the popular Eastern European beetroot soup, so borsch today means that warm, hearty soup.