schav

[ shahv, shchahv ]

nounJewish or Eastern European Cooking.
  1. a cold soup of sorrel to which chopped egg, sour cream, lemon juice, and chopped scallions are sometimes added.

Origin of schav

1
<Yiddish shtshav sorrel, soup made with sorrel <Polish szczaw, akin to Czech štʾavel,Serbo-Croatian štàvelj,Russian shchavélʾ sorrel

Words Nearby schav

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024