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borscht

[ bawrsht ]
/ bɔrʃt /
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noun
any of various eastern European soups made with beets, cabbage, potatoes, or other vegetables and served hot or chilled, often with sour cream.
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Also borsch [bawrsh], /bɔrʃ/, borshch [bawrsh, bawrshch]. /bɔrʃ, bɔrʃtʃ/.

Origin of borscht

1880–85; <Yiddish borsht; compare Ukrainian, Byelorussian, Russian borshch soup with red beets as ingredient; or directly <East Slavic
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British Dictionary definitions for borscht

borscht

borsch (bɔːʃ) or borshch (bɔːʃtʃ)

/ (bɔːʃt) /

noun
a Russian and Polish soup based on beetroot

Word Origin for borscht

C19: from Russian borshch
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