borscht
[ bawrsht ]
/ bɔrʃt /
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
Words nearby borscht
borrow trouble, borrowed time, borrower's card, borrowing, bors, borscht, borscht circuit, borsic, borstal, bort, borzoi
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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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