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borscht

[ bawrsht ]

noun

  1. any of various eastern European soups made with beets, cabbage, potatoes, or other vegetables and served hot or chilled, often with sour cream.


borscht

/ bɔːʃt; bɔːʃtʃ; bɔːʃ /

noun

  1. a Russian and Polish soup based on beetroot
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Word History and Origins

Origin of borscht1

1880–85; < Yiddish borsht; compare Ukrainian, Byelorussian, Russian borshch soup with red beets as ingredient; or directly < East Slavic
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Word History and Origins

Origin of borscht1

C19: from Russian borshch
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Example Sentences

Beyond the pasta, she churns out antipasti like beet-butternut caponata and desserts like a walnut tart and borscht cheesecake.

Sometimes a mother and son will enjoy only borscht and tea, but leave $100.

Proving that Russian food is more than borscht, Mari Vanna in Dupont is cozy and offers hearty food that will fill you right up.

It goes without saying that borscht and varenyky (Ukrainian stuffed dumplings) are a must try.

Whenever one of us needed a carrot for borscht or a hand to move a drunk out of the elevator, the help arrived at once.

She came to school toting “shame-based food” like borscht, hot potato salad, and cotletten-and-ketchup sandwiches.

If one wants to taste something good, why then one takes a bite of cake, or a smidgin of candy, or a plate of cold borscht.

Far from black bread and borscht, he found the food excellent.

Such jokes would have made them about as popular as the Borscht Circuit comedian who told a funny story about Dachau in 1946.

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