kielbasa
[ kil-bah-suh, keel- ]
noun,plural kiel·ba·sas, kiel·ba·sy [kil-bah-see, keel-]. /kɪlˈbɑ si, kil-/.
a smoked sausage of coarsely chopped beef and pork, flavored with garlic and spices.
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Origin of kielbasa
1First recorded in 1950–55; from Polish kiełbasa “sausage,” cognate with Czech klobása, dialectal Serbo-Croatian klobasa, Bulgarian kŭlbása, Russian kolbasá; further origin uncertain
- Also called Polish sausage.
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How to use kielbasa in a sentence
He was arrested in the assault on kielbasa, but charges were never filed.
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British Dictionary definitions for kielbasa
kielbasa
esp Canadian kulbasa (kuːbɒˈsɒ, ˈkuːbɘsɒ)
/ (ˌkiːlˈbaːsɘ, ˌkɪlˈbaːsɘ) /
noun
a traditional garlic sausage of Eastern European origin
Origin of kielbasa
1from Polish kieɫbasa, Ukrainian kovbasa
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