kasha

¹ American  

[kah-shuh] / ˈkɑ ʃə /

noun

1. a soft food prepared from hulled and crushed grain, especially buckwheat.

2. such grain before cooking.

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Kasha ² American  

[kash-uh] / ˈkæʃ ə /

Trademark.

1. a brand name for a soft fabric of wool and goat's hair, having a napped surface and a slight crosswise streak.

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kasha British  

/ ˈkɑːʃə /

noun

1. a dish originating in Eastern Europe, consisting of boiled or baked buckwheat

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Etymology

Origin of kasha

First recorded in 1800–10, kasha is from the Russian word kásha

Example Sentences

We had a small feast of the broth with kasha, which was more filling than good, the rest of the bread, a pot of marmalade Mrs. Diamant had been saving, and a sack of apples.

From Literature

But my mother’s cooking went well beyond the chopped liver, stuffed cabbage, kasha varnishkes and chicken soup of her Eastern European background, both in attention to detail and imagination.

From New York Times

Instead, he seemed fully at ease with life in the metro, sitting with a gaggle of friends and eating helpings of chicken, kasha, soup and pickled shredded carrot.

From Los Angeles Times

Eastern European Jews mix buckwheat with bow-tie pasta and caramelized onions in kasha varnishkes.

From Washington Post

None of my Russian Jewish friends who immigrated to the United States were familiar with kasha varnishkes back in the U.S.S.R., and our parents couldn’t tell us much about it either.

From Washington Post