bortsch
- noun
- /bɔrtʃ/
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borscht
- We enjoyed a bowl of hot bortsch on a cold winter evening.
Examples
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Have you ever tried borscht with sour cream?
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Many people add sour cream to their bortsch for a richer flavor.
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Her grandmother taught her how to prepare traditional bortsch from scratch.
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I had a bortsch.
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We enjoyed a bowl of hot bortsch on a cold winter evening.
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Many people add sour cream to their bortsch for a richer flavor.
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Her grandmother taught her how to prepare traditional bortsch from scratch.
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 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
Bortsch comes from Eastern Europe, passing into English through Yiddish and the Russian word borshch, which named a soup first made from a wild plant and later from 'beet', giving the dish its red colour. So bortsch today means the red beetroot soup many people eat hot with sour cream.